A 2003 Nuclear Regulatory Commission report shows the susceptibility of US nuclear power plants to blackouts that could lead to core damage. Click here to read the 2003 NRC report and click here to read the 2005 re-evaluation report. Draw your own conclusions but be warned, these are not user friendly reports. Click here to [...]
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Texas nuclear plants’ ability to handle a blackout
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Blackout risk, comanche peak, Nuclear, STP on April 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Japan’s current nuclear fiasco and implications for STP
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Fukushima Daiichi, Nuclear, public citizen texas, STP, TEPCO on March 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The word “meltdown” goes to the heart of the big nuclear question – is nuclear power safe? Richard Black, Environment correspondent with the BBC News tries to answer this question and address questions about what is happening at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Click here to read the BBC article. One issue he does bring [...]
NRG could pull out permanently from STP expansion by the end of the 2011 3rd quarter.
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged Austin, Energy, loan guarantee, nrg energy, STP, toshiba, tx on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
NRG Energy, Inc. posted their 2010 Full-Year and Fourth Quarter results today. It appears that if no loan guarantees are forthcoming and the company fails to secure sufficient Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for the STP expansion project by the third quarter of this year, NRG could make a final decision to pull the project. For [...]
Sign a petition to the Prime Minister of Japan in opposition to Japanese bank loans for South Texas (nuclear) Project expansion
Posted in Global Warming, tagged japan, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, STP, Texas on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) are asking folks to sign on to a petition to the Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet in opposition to proposed loans from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for the construction of two new nuclear reactors in south Texas. NIRS is also sending a letter signed [...]
NRC holding public meeting March 2nd for STP’s environmental review for their license renewal
Posted in Global Warming, tagged bay city, Energy, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, STP, tx on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold two public meetings on the environmental review of South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Operating Co.’s application to renew the operating licenses for the STP nuclear reactors near Bay City. The public is invited to attend and comment on environmental issues the NRC should consider in its [...]
U.S. nuclear loan-guarantee program is testing how much risk the US government is willing to take
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged Constellation Energy, loan guarantee, NRG, nrg energy, Nuclear, nuclear loan guarantees, Office of Management and Budget, STP, united states department of energy on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Constellation Energy Group Inc. said last week it was pulling out of talks on a $7.5 billion loan guarantee to build a reactor at its Calvert Cliffs facility in Maryland. Constellation Energy Group’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Wallace told the Energy Department that they felt the estimated $880 million the company would have to pay [...]
South Texas nuke expansion project cuts staff
Posted in Nuclear, tagged NINA, Nuclear, South Texas Project, STP on July 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
About 20 of the roughly 100 contractor personnel working on the proposed addition of two new 1,350-MW nuclear units at the South Texas nuclear station have been let go. Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA), an 88/12 joint venture of NRG Energy and Toshiba, currently owns 92.35% of the planned expansion, and CPS Energy, the municipal [...]
CPS/NRG Settlement Shows Nuclear Power Too Costly, Too Risky
Posted in Nuclear, tagged City Council, CPS Energy, Department of Energy, doe, Loan Guarantees, nrg energy, rate increase, San Antonio, south texas nuclear project, South Texas Project, STP, Tom "Smitty" Smith on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Today’s announcement that as a part of a settlement with NRG Energy, CPS Energy will withdraw its application for a federal loan guarantee for the South Texas (Nuclear) Project (STP) expansion and end further investment in the project demonstrates nuclear plants are too costly and [...]
No worries my duckies, “San Antonio resolution backing STP Units 3 & 4″ just wishful thinking
Posted in Nuclear, tagged bay city, bay city tribune, City Council, Greg Harman, julian castro, matagorda county, mike reddell, nate mcdonald, Nuclear, reactors, richard knapik, San Antonio, san antonio current, South Texas Project, STP on February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I got at least one worried phone call this morning about an article in the Bay City Tribune claiming that A resolution backing STP Units 3 & 4, possibly within the next few days, may be at least partly the outcome of a meeting Matagorda County Judge Nate McDonald and Bay City Mayor Richard Knapik [...]
Year in Review: San Antonio Nuclear Debacle/Amores Nucleares Telenovela
Posted in Nuclear, tagged amores nucleares, Arjun Makhijani, austin city council, center for american progress, city public services, CPS, CPS Energy, craig severance, Energia Mia, japan, mark cooper, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear reactors, nukes, Public Citizen, San Antonio, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas nuclear project, steve hennigan, STP, Texas, texas vox on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
*Update: Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current just published a fantastic and very thorough recap of the twisted nuclear saga. Check it out! Here’s part 2 in this year’s first annual Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009 series. Part 1 is just a hop, skip and scroll down. 3. San Antonio [...]
San Antonio Says “No Nuclear” Demonstration October 14th
Posted in Nuclear, tagged city hall, community demonstration, CPS, Nuclear, protest, public citizen texas, San Antonio, South Texas Nucler Project, STP, Texas on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JOIN THE LARGEST COMMUNITY ACTION YET! Say NO to NUCLEAR Community Demonstration! Wed Oct 14th 4pm – 8pm City Hall {103 Main Plaza,78205} ..next to Main Plaza downtown SA Come to the demonstration! BRING 3 people with you! BRING: street theatre props & political costumes, signs, puppets, bikes, hats, banners, CPS suits, etc! Download flyers [...]
CPS has dropped the ball on alternatives to nuclear
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, City Council, CPS Energy, Nuclear, San Antonio, South Texas Project, STP, toshiba on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CPS has dropped the ball on alternatives to nuclear By Arjun Makhijani – Special to the San Antonio Express-News CPS Energy is asking its board and the San Antonio City Council for permission to sell $400 million of bonds to follow the $276 million CPS Energy has already spent to get an option to buy [...]
Four more contentions added to STP nuke expansion legal fight – isn’t it time for CPS and San Antonio to reconsider?
Posted in Nuclear, tagged CPS, CPS Energy, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, San Antonio, SEED Coalition, South Texas Project, STP, Texas on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great news about the legal fight against STP. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel admitted four more of the contentions (all water related) brought by SEED Coalition, bringing the grand total to 5 contentions admitted for a hearing with 7 still pending. This is more than anywhere else in the country. This increased uncertainty [...]
Reminder Post: Nuclear reactors too expensive
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged CPS, matthew johnson, Nuclear, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, South Texas Project, STP, too expensive on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In case you didn’t catch our editorial in the San Antonio Express News this summer, it’s worth repeating. NUCLEAR REACTORS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE By Matthew Johnson – Express-News Guest Voices CPS Energy announced its cost estimate for two more nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project near Bay City last week. The $13-billion price tag [...]
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