By Bruce Henderson A dozen anti-nuclear groups said Wednesday they have found new flaws in a nuclear reactor design that Duke Energy and Raleigh’s Progress Energy plan to use. The groups said federal regulators should stop licensing work for the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, 14 of which are planned for use …
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2009: Three Mile Island Much Worse Than Reported – Institute for Southern Studies
“What happened at TMI was a whole lot worse than what has been reported, hundreds of times worse.”
Fire When NOT Ready: All US Plants in Violation of Top Meltdown Risk Factor – a Report by UCS, Beyond Nuclear, NC WARN
Union of Concerned Scientists, Beyond Nuclear, NC WARN: Waste Awareness & Reduction Network NEWS RELEASE Contact: Paul Gunter 301-523-0201 October 29, 2008 Dave Lochbaum 202-331-5430 Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Watchdogs to Congressman Price: Enforce Fire Safety Rules or Shut Down Nuclear Plants Shearon Harris safety cannot be verified, and “upgrades” are …
GAO Cites Lax N-Plant Safety Enforcements – News Release by NC WARN
Update 9/09 : Congressman David Price is to be commended for initiating this investigation, but please urge him to follow through — and force the NRC to stop protecting nuclear lawbreakers: Dave.Russell@mail.house.gov, or 919-967-7924 NC WARN: Waste Awareness & Reduction Network NEWS RELEASE Contact: Pete MacDowell July 1, 2008 919-259-3140 Fed Watchdog Cites Lax …
Fire Violations: Groups’ Response to NRC Proposed Ruling
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION J.E. Dyer, Director In the Matter of Docket No. 50-400 CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY – License No. NPF-63 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit ______________________________________________________________________________ PETITIONERS’ RESPONSE TO PROPOSED DIRECTOR’S DECISION UNDER 10 C.F.R. 2.206 NOW COME …
Leaking N-Plants – Report by Union of Concerned Scientists
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Eric Young – (202) 331-5439 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Coalition Seeks Government Action to Prevent Further Ground Water Contamination WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 – A coalition of 22 organizations petitioned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today in response to seven reports over the past decade, …
25 Years After Three Mile Island; Industry-Wide Problems Increase – Announcement from NC WARN
25 Years after Three Mile Island, Industry-wide Problems Increase NC WARN joins citizen groups across the nation this week observing the 25th anniversary of the Three Mile Island meltdown. Just as the industry and the NRC pretend that Three Mile Island didn’t hurt anyone, they are pushing the deception that …
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Blackouts Leave Emergency Generators as Thin Protection at N-Plants – NC WARN Analysis
Blackouts Leave Emergency Diesels as Tenuous Protection at Nuclear Plants On August 14th the largest electrical blackout in history caused sixteen nuclear plants to automatically shut down in the U.S. and Canada. Even when a reactor is off-line, large amounts of circulating water must cool the reactor core and large, …
Design Flaw Creates 34% Chance of Core Damage at Nuclear Plants – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE August 20, 2003 Contact: Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Chance of Nuclear Accident 34% at U.S. Plants Scientists show risk exists at NC plants and cite regulators’ negligence DURHAM, NC – “According to government reports, the odds that one of the nation’s nuclear power reactors will have a serious accident in …