160+ U.S. organizations urge DOE to disqualify proposed Yucca Mountain waste site; state outrage over leaked contractor memo stating that DOE documents are intended to “sell” Yucca Mountain project.
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), a watchdog group tracking the nuclear power industry, applauded the U.S. Senate’s Y2K Special Committee’s announced efforts to “encourage additional measures” and “afford an extra level of scrutiny” at the nation’s 103 operating reactors and 14 permanently closed reactors with onsite nuclear waste storage ponds, in order to protect…
Citizen’s Awareness Network (CAN), Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone (CCAM) and Environmental Advocates will oppose the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear power station to the controversial AmerGen, a multinational corporation comprised of British Energy and PECO. The sale has been the subject of negotiations between Vermont Yankee’s owners…
A report by the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII, the British equivalent of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) has found that severe downsizing by British Energy, Ltd. is threatening nuclear safety at British atomic reactors. The report, which has never officially been made public, was obtained and released in England by Friends of the…
British Energy, Amergen, and U.S. Nuclear Safety,
Comment on DOE Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Yucca Mountain
Relying on narrow and confusing definitions, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has officially asserted its decision to exempt the nation’s 103 large nuclear power reactors from a Y2K compliance standard. Y2K readiness is the NRC’s choice which allows for work-arounds and other short cuts. Testing of systems to show Y2K readiness is suggested, but not required.…
What does the IRS have to do with decommissioning? A new tax bailout for nukes,
The groundwork is being laid for the emergence of super-electric utilities, as a strategy for an economically beleaguered nuclear industry to survive an increasingly competitive market by consolidating more reactors under fewer utilities. Nuclear utilities operating aging and historically poor performing nuclear power stations, often outside of federal safety regulations, are the first candidates for…
An excerpt from the Statement of Michael Mariotte, Executive Director, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, on S. 608, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999, Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, “YUCCA MOUNTAIN IS UNSUITABLE AS A PERMANENT NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY.”