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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 [...]

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South Texas (Nuclear) Project gets a new partner

Posted in Nuclear, tagged CPS Energy, nrg energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Shaw Group, South Texas Nuclear Generating Station, toshiba on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The Shaw Group is increasing its bet on nuclear power, announcing a role in the proposed 2,700-megawatt South Texas project making it the largest nuclear construction project in Shaw’s history. Toshiba, the Japanese company, and NRG Energy Inc. jointly own Nuclear Innovation North America, which is developing the South Texas plant. The Shaw Power Group [...]

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NRC Staff Should Stop Balking, Provide Fire Safety Information, Groups Say

Posted in Global Warming, tagged atomic safety and licensi ng board, Barack Obama, CPS Energy, georgia, matagorda county, NRC, nrg energy, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Citizen, SEED Coalition, South Texas Project, sustainable energy economic development, toshiba, vogtle plant on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Agency Is Refusing to Adhere to an Order to Release Document That Would Help Determine Safety of New Nuclear Reactors WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should stop balking and provide a critical document that would reveal how the owners of a Texas nuclear plant expansion project plan to deal with a fire [...]

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Nuclear cost estimate balloons by $4 Billion, San Antonio delays vote on expansion project

Posted in Nuclear, tagged alternative energy, bartley, citizen involvement, City Council, cost increase, CPS Energy, nuclear bonds, Public Citizen, San Antonio, san antonio current, san antonio express news, SEED Coalition, South Texas Project, STP, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith, toshiba on October 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »

With just two days before San Antonio City Council was to vote to approve $400 million in bonds to move forward with the South Texas Nuclear Project two reactor expansion, officials announced yesterday that the cost estimate for the project had ballooned by up to $4 BILLION. That means that the new price tag on [...]

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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 [...]

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