Critiques of nuclear generation have generally revolved around safety risks and high construction fees, but relatively little attention has been paid to what happens when a nuclear plant powers down for good. Costs Can Reach Over $1 Billion Nuclear plants must be decommissioned at the end of their useful life, and operating licenses are generally for [...]
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Aging nuclear plants create radioactive waste in need of disposal, with few options available
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, radioactive waste, Spent nuclear fuel, WCS on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Fukushima may have been worse than a core meltdown
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Fukushima Daiichi, International Atomic Energy Agency, japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Japanese authorities are now admitting the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant in March may have been worse than a core meltdown. In an official report that will go to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up in 1957, Japan now says nuclear fuel [...]
NRC 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Posted in Nuclear, tagged comanche peak, fort worth, japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
NRC WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet in Glen Rose, Texas, on Thursday, May 12, with representatives of Luminant Generation Co., to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety performance for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. The plant [...]
Engineering vs Mother Nature
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Alabama, Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Surry Nuclear Power Plant, Tornado on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The past several days have been yet another reminder that the hubris of modern engineering can be brought low by the extreme power of mother nature. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was monitoring the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant near Athens in north Alabama, after it lost offsite power Wednesday night due to the [...]
DOE simultaneously challenges Japan’s assessment of damaged nuclear plant risks and affirms nuclear loan guarantee program
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged japan, nuclear loan guarantees, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Even as the Japanese attempt increasingly frantic tactics to cool an overheated nuclear complex: U.S. officials warned the situation is deteriorating and challenged the Japanese government’s assessment of the radiation risks telling U.S. civilians and military personnel to stay at least 50 miles from the facility, in contrast to the 12-mile evacuation zone set by [...]
Local organization asks NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider what is happening in Japan in deliberations of the proposed nuclear plant at Victoria, Tx
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Cooling pond, Exelon, japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Victoria Texas on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Back in January, Texans For A Sound Energy Policy (TSEP) filed formal legal contentions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) urging denial of Exelon’s application for an Early Site Permit (ESP) for a proposed nuclear power plant site south of Victoria, Texas. Yesterday, TSEP appeared at a hearing before a three-judge panel of the Atomic [...]
Japanese nuclear disaster demands a re-examination of US nuclear policy
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Fukushima, japan, loan guarantee, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States on March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The tragic events unfolding in Japan demand a re-examination of U.S. nuclear policy. While stocks in nuclear plummet and nuclear industry lobbyists scramble on Capitol Hill to shore up support for massive federal subsidies to kick-start the stagnate industry, concerns regarding the existing aging fleet are surfacing and should be heeded. Click here to read [...]
Explosion at one of the Japanese nuclear power plants damaged by the earthquake
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Containment building, explosion, Nuclear Power, Nuclear reactor core, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, public citizen texas on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to an update from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) an explosion has occurred at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1. Video of the aftermath of the explosion shows that the containment building has been destroyed. The NIRS update goes on to explain, in a General Electric Mark I reactor, the containment building is fairly weak [...]
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