VS-ministerie belooft zeer goedkope borg voor kernreactoren
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US Delays Nuclear Licensing Decisions Over Waste Storage
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission postponed at least 19 nuclear licensing decisions in response to a petition filed by 24 environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, which urged a freeze on licensing until…
Parts of Birmingham area officially in drought
During an extreme heat wave and drought in central Alabama, a coalition of environmental groups released the River Network report "Burning Our Rivers" highlighting how power generation consumes water and creates a negative feedback loop during…
Nuclear repairs no easy sale as cheap gas hits utilities
“We're not joking when we call it the Humpty Dumpty reactor. We think they ought to quit throwing good money after bad.”
Environmental groups push to implement guidelines
“We're concerned TVA is not moving aggressively enough with sulfur dioxide emission reductions”
Restaurants serve up fryer oil for retail biofuel station
“This is the only [operation] in Atlanta where a local restaurant can know for sure that [the oil] going out the back door will end up in their customers' tanks when they drive up to the front door. This is a win-win from cradle to grave. They're keeping the grease out of sewer systems and diverting it to a higher use. They're giving back something that is clean. It's a virtuous circle.”
U.S. nuclear industry slowed by its own waste
“Waste is an environmental concern, it's a public health concern and it's become a security concern because we live in a different world now”
TOO LATE FOR PILGRIM? Nuclear Regulatory Commission freezes license decisions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has frozen final reactor licensing decisions at 19 sites following a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that invalidated the NRC's Waste Confidence Rule and Temporary Storage Rule. The Appeals Court decision was…
US NRC freezes decisons on new reactor, license renewal applications
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted unanimously to freeze final decisions on new nuclear reactor licenses and 20-year license renewals pending resolution of its waste confidence rule, which was struck down by a federal court in…
Santee Cooper, environmentalists battle over pollution at Conway's Grainger plant
Three environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed suit against Santee Cooper over unlined coal ash ponds at the Grainger generating station in Conway, South Carolina, which they claim pose a significant threat…
NRC Suspends Final Licenses to Reassess Risks of Storing Waste
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspended final decisions on nuclear power plant licenses pending reassessment of spent fuel storage risks ordered by federal court. The action freezes nine construction and operating licenses, eight renewals, and other…
Nuclear advance fee case in front of Florida Supreme Court has big implications
“Why are we paying this money to utilities for nuclear reactors that are never going to get built?”
TVA spends 'blindly' - consumer groups
Consumer groups Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition and Critical Mass Energy Project released a joint report criticizing TVA for spending hundreds of millions on nuclear plant repairs without conducting economic feasibility studies. TVEC president Greg Mackay argued…
TVERC & TVA meetings are not "nuclear protest" events
Op-ed by Lyle Lipke encouraging citizens to participate in TVA's upcoming public meetings on the agency's 25-year operating plan. The author argues these meetings are legitimate opportunities for public comment on TVA's power generation methods, not…
Citizens to have say in TVA energy plan
The article announces that the Tennessee Valley Authority must conduct public hearings on its 25-year Integrated Resource Plan (Energy Vision 2020) for the first time in over 60 years, a requirement mandated by the 1992 Energy…