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$18.2 Billion! Amores Nucleares: San Antonio Nuclear Expansion Soap Opera Update

Posted in Global Warming, tagged amores nucleares, Arjun Makhijani, clarence johnson, CPS Energy, craig severance, Energia Mia, mark cooper, Nuclear, nuclear expansion, Nuke Free Texas, Public Citizen, San Antonio, san antonio express news, SEED Coalition, soap opera, South Texas Project, transparency on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The San Antonio Nuclear Expansion Soap Opera plot thickens. Today’s update brings the shocking news that South Texas Project Reactors 3 & 4 could actually cost, not $13 Billion, not even $17 Billion… but $18.2 Billion! With all the trouble CPS has gotten into recently regarding transparency (a gentle term we’re using that translates roughly [...]

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South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors Too Expensive, CPS Cost Estimate Overly Optimistic

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged $13 billion, Arjun Makhijani, bay city, City Council, city public services, clarence johnson, CPS, energy policy, mark cooper, matthew johnson, Moody's, NRC, nrg energy, nuclear expansion, nuclear reactor, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear renaissance, Public Citizen, san antonio express news, South Texas Project, STP, Texas, vermont law school, wallstreet on July 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Last week San Antonio’s CPS released their cost estimate for the proposed South Texas Project Nuclear Expansion, and we found their numbers naive optimistic ignored history wanting. To find out why, check out this Guest Column, printed in today’s San Antonio Express-News, from Public Citizen’s own Energy Policy Analyst Matthew Johnson. Nuclear reactors too expensive [...]

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CPS’ Reactor Cost Estimate Naïve; Ignores History and Independent Reports

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, City Council, clarence johnson, CPS, CPS Energy, NRG, nrg energy, nuclear cost, nuclear expansion, Nuclear Power, nuke, San Antonio, South Texas Project, STP, wall street on June 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office CPS Energy’s announcement today that it will cost $13 billion to build two new nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project (STP) is a naïve guess when compared to independent assessments that offer more realistic estimates for financing and construction. San Antonio already has spent [...]

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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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Proposed Nuclear Projects in Texas Could Cost $22 Billion

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged bay city, clarence johnson, comanche peak, costs of current and planned nuclear plants in texas, CPS Energy, fort worth, fort worth star telegram, Glen Rose, mayor hardberger, mission verde, Nuclear Power, nukes, San Antonio, san antonio express news, South Texas Project, tommy adkisson, true cost of nukes on April 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Impressive nuclear headlines in the papers these days, largely as a result of a new report released by our office entitled: “Costs of Current and Planned Nuclear Power Plants in Texas: A Consumer Perspective. The report finds that the proposed expansions of nuclear power plants in Bay City (South Texas Project) and Glen Rose (Comanche [...]

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