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Another hearing for STP expansion license

Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged , , , on October 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) panel will conduct an evidentiary hearing Oct. 31 in Rockville, Md., in the South Texas Project Combined License (COL) proceeding. The ASLB is the independent body within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that presides over proceedings involving the licensing of civilian nuclear facilities, such as nuclear power plants. This [...]

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Foreign Ownership Could Halt Licensing of Proposed South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The expansion of the South Texas Nuclear Project (STP) from 2 units to 4 units has had an interesting financing history.  Initially Austin Energy chose to not pursue a financial partnership with NRG, Toshiba and San Antonio’s municipally owned utility – CPS.  That left CPS with a 50% ownership, which they later dropped to 40% [...]

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STP, the nuclear expansion project that just won’t die

Posted in Nuclear, Nuclear Plants, tagged , , , on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Despite the fact that NRG/Toshiba (formally know together as NINA) has been unsuccessful in their multi-year efforts to expand by two units, the South Texas “Nuclear” Project (STP) – the process for their Combined License (COL) is proceeding.  An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) panel will hear oral argument and conduct an evidentiary hearing, [...]

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Three-quarters of US nuclear power plants have had radioactive tritium leaks

Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, tagged , , , , , on June 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »

According to an Associated Press investigative report, three-quarters of the nation’s commercial nuclear power sites have had tritium leaks (a radioactive form of hydrogen), often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping and the number and severity of the leaks has been escalating as the reactors age, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more [...]

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STP license renewal application oral arguments on June 27th

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , , , on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) will hear oral argument on June 27, via teleconference, on the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development [SEED] Coalition’s request to participate in the South Texas Project operating reactor license renewal proceeding. The ASLB is the independent body within the NRC that presides over hearings where the public can [...]

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2010 Performance Assessment of South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant Public Meeting Today

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We wrote about this a while back, but in case you forgot – the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a meeting in Bay City, Texas, today, Thursday, May 19, with representatives of South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Operating Co., to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety performance for the South Texas Project nuclear power plant located [...]

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2010 Performance Assessment of South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on May 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

NRC WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Most of us are familiar with the 10 and 50 mile zones around Fukushima, this map shows those same zones around the South Texas nuclear plant located just 76 miles outside of Houston. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff [...]

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Deadline to comment on STP 1 & 2 relicensing application is tomorrow

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , , , on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The deadline for citizen comments to the NRC on re-licensing of the South Texas Nuclear Project units 1 and 2 is tomorrow, April 1st. The applicant for license renewal is STPNOC – the South Texas Nuclear Operating Company. The Matagorda County nuclear reactors are owned by NRG South Texas LP, CPS Energy and the City [...]

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US response to situation with Japan’s nuclear disaster

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , , , on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to launch a review of US nuclear power plant safety in response to the March 11th Japan earthquake and tsunami which resulted in the crisis at Japanese nuclear power plants. The NRC plans to establish an agency task force, made up of current staff and former NRC experts that [...]

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NRG cools development of STP 3 & 4, Public has opportunity to comment on license extension of STP 1 & 2

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

NRG has announced that they will back off of additional development of STP reactors 3 & 4, while awaiting federal guidance regarding safety issues resulting from the nuclear disaster in Japan. The reactor site in Bay City, Texas, is 100 miles from Houston. Reactor safety has long been a concern of Public Citizen and the Sustainable [...]

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CPS halts negotiations with NRG

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , , , on March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

San Antonio’s electric utility, CPS, has halted their negotiations on a power purchase agreement between CPS and STP’s expansion units 3 and 4.  CPS’s CEO, Doyle Beneby, announced that CPS and NRG have mutually agreed to terminate their PPA negotiations at this point.  It would appear that the issues facing NRG’s Japanese partners (including Tepco, the beleaguered [...]

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Nikkei down, nuclear industry hit hard. Will STP’s expansion plans be affected?

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged , , , , , on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Investors dumped Japanese shares Monday, sending the Nikkei down 6.2% amid concerns about a nuclear emergency in the country following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, with stocks of exporters and plant operators hardest hit. Analysts say stocks were being largely driven by the quake-related news flow; while news of the devastating tsunami effects in northeastern Japan [...]

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Solar Si, Nuclear No!

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Citizens spoke at Austin City Hall to let city leaders know that purchasing more nuclear power is unacceptable.  NRG, the energy company that is the major owner of South Texas (Nuclear) Project,  is scrambling for investors in its proposed expansion of the plant, especially since a messy court battle with partner CPS Energy last year that ended [...]

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City of Austin new NRG/Toshiba target

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

So now San Antonio is sitting back watching with a knowing eye as NRG/Toshiba (formally know together as NINA) approaches the City of Austin with the hope that Austin hasn’t been paying attention to what they put San Antonio through just a year ago. Greg Harman of the San Antonio Current provides an update to [...]

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STP license renewal – Opportunity for public participation

Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged , , , on January 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

On January 13th, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced the opportunity to request a hearing on an application to renew the operating licenses for the South Texas Project (STP) Units 1 and 2 which will expire on Aug. 20, 2027, and Dec. 15, 2028, respectively. South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company, submitted the renewal application to [...]

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