Undoing the Mothballs: Long-Abandoned U.S. Nuclear Reactors Eyed for Restart
source: http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100301/undoing-mothballs-long-abandoned-nuclear-reactors-eyed...
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There has been a lot of talk of next-generation reactors in the U.S. "nuclear revival," but some plans for new nuclear power generation are looking back rather than ahead.
Alongside a multitude of pending applications for new nuclear reactors, there is a move to restart construction at sites where the work began decades ago only to be abandoned before completion.
On Monday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a hearing on challenges to the reinstatement of construction permits for one such project. It involves permits granted to the Tennessee Valley Authority to build the Bellefonte nuclear reactors, two reactors that were started near Hollywood, Ala., in 1974 but never finished. ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100301/undoing-mothballs-long-abandoned-nuclear-r...
Alongside a multitude of pending applications for new nuclear reactors, there is a move to restart construction at sites where the work began decades ago only to be abandoned before completion.
On Monday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a hearing on challenges to the reinstatement of construction permits for one such project. It involves permits granted to the Tennessee Valley Authority to build the Bellefonte nuclear reactors, two reactors that were started near Hollywood, Ala., in 1974 but never finished. ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100301/undoing-mothballs-long-abandoned-nuclear-r...
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captainplanet71
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This is totally looking backwards -- but at least states like Vermont have it together. The state legislature there voted down nuclear, if only the rest of the states would follow suit!
http://current.com/items/92220725_victory-in-vermont-nuclear-nixed-in-the-green-...
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