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Proposed South Texas Project Reactors Pose Increased Water Use and Radioactive Contamination Risks

Posted in Global Warming, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, birth defects, cancer, cell mutilation, colorado river, CPS Energy, discharge standards, drought, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environmental report, geothermal, glenrose engin, glenrose engineering, groundwater, gulf coast chict aquifer, gulf of mexico, highland lakes, lauren ross, lcra, lower colorado river authority, matagorda county, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, radioactive contamination, radionuclides, San Antonio, saws, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, stare, STP, Texas, tritium, water use, wind on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

San Antonio, TX – Nuclear power is the most water intensive energy source available. When San Antonio and all of Texas are suffering from extreme drought and are increasingly in need of sources of drinking water, pursuing more nuclear reactors doesn’t make sense, especially true since cheaper, safer alternatives such as energy efficiency, wind, geothermal [...]

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Citizens Win Right to a Hearing in Opposing South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors

Posted in Nuclear, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, department of agriculture, energy security, environmental report, Global Warming, Karen Hadden, livestock, matagorda county, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Public Citizen, radioactive waste, robert v. eye, safety, san antonio water system, saws, SEED Coalition, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, susan dancer, toxic discharge, tritium on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

UPDATE: Safety panel hearing in the news: at the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express News Citizen opposition to two proposed nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project continues with another success. On August 27th the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel found that the nuclear applicant, South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company [...]

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Citizens Groups Win Right to a Hearing for Comanche Peak Intervention

Posted in Nuclear, tagged alternative energy, atomic safety and licen, atomic safety and licensing board, bob eye, comanche peak, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Karen Hadden, Luminant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, SEED Coalition, solar, Texas Representative Lon Burnam, true cost of nukes, wind on August 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Citizen opposition to more nuclear reactors at Comanche Peak continues. On August 6th the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel found that Luminant had failed to adequately analyze issues brought by concerned citizens in their Petition to Intervene in the proposed expansion at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. “This is a major victory for [...]

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Citizens Oppose South Texas Project Expansion before Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged aircraft impacts, atomic safety and licensing board, bay city, bay city civic center, bob eye, clarence johnson, cola, colorado river, combined operating license application, CPS Energy, drought, economic recession, glenrose engineering, groundwater, high level radioactive waste, lauren ross, NRC, nuclear expansion, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, oral hearing, petition to intervene, Public Citizen, radioactive waste, robert v. eye, SEED Coalition, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, stare, steven chu, storage, susan dancer, Texas, Water Quality, yucca mountain on June 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Oral Hearing Set for June 23rd-June 24th in Bay City, TX Citizen opposition to more nuclear reactors in Texas continues. On June 23rd-24th an oral hearing will be held before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on the Citizens’ Petition to Intervene in South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 [...]

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Citizens Oppose Comanche Peak Expansion before Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Posted in Global Warming, tagged solar, NRC, Public Citizen, Luminant, Karen Hadden, SEED Coalition, Nuclear Power, Texas, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, water, wind energy, radioactive waste, lon burnam, true cost of nukes, comanche peak, fort worth, risk, citizen opposition, contentions, atomic safety and licensing board, granbury, petition to intervene, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4, robert v. eye, bob eye, cola, combined operating license application, fire hazards, don young, j. nile fischer, secretary of energy, steven chu, yucca mountain, nita o'neal, chemicals, biocides, sediment control, hood county, west pearl st on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Oral Hearing Set for June 10th-11th in Granbury, TX Citizen opposition to more nuclear reactors in Texas continues. On June 10th-11th an oral hearing will be held before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Citizens’ petition to intervene in Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4. “I have many [...]

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