Nuclear
Turkey Point Units 6 and 7, Miami-Date County, Florida
STATUS: Temporarily Suspended TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: On June 30, 2009, FPL Energy filed a construction and operation license (COL) application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and a Site Certification Application with the Florida … Continue reading
Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant Unit 3, Port Gibson, Mississippi
STATUS: Temporarily Suspended TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Sierra Club, Nuclear Information and Research Service, and the Mississippi NAACP. PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: On September 22, 2005, a consortium of 12 nuclear companies (operating under the name NuStart) announced that it planned to … Continue reading
Levy County Nuclear Power Plant, Florida
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: The Green Party of Florida; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Ecology Party; Citizens for Ratepayers Rights PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Progress Energy submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) … Continue reading
Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant, Berwick, Pennsylvania
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Environmental groups (unspecified in source materials) PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: PPL Corporation filed an application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on October 10, 2008 for a license to build and operate … Continue reading
Hammett Nuclear Power Plant, Elmore County, Idaho
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Snake River Alliance PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. (AEHI) has proposed to build a 1,600-megawatt nuclear plant in Elmore County on 1,280 acres near Hammett, Utah. Early construction estimates … Continue reading
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station Unit 3, Monroe County, Michigan
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Environmental groups (Sierra Club, Don’t Waste Michigan, Beyond Nuclear, Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination, and Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario). PROSPECTS: Prolonged Delay BACKGROUND: DTE Energy submitted an application in … Continue reading
Blue Castle Nuclear Project, Emery County, Utah
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: HEAL Utah; Center for Biological Diversity PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In October 2007, the private equity group Transition Power Development announced interest in building a nuclear power plant in the Green River, Utah … Continue reading
Bellefonte Nuclear Site, Hollywood, Alabama (Near Scottsboro)
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Bellefonte Efficiency & Sustainability Team (“BEST“); Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League; Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Bellefonte’s Unit 1 was about 85 percent complete and Unit 2 about 55 … Continue reading
Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant Units 3 and 4, Somervell County, Texas
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Environmental groups. PROSPECTS: Prolonged Delay BACKGROUND: Luminant Generation Company LLC seeks to add two new reactors, Units 3 and 4, to its existing Comanche Peak nuclear power plant in Somervell County, Texas. … Continue reading
Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 Nuclear Project, Lusby, Maryland
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition, which includes MD PIRG, Beyond Nuclear, Sierra Club, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Green Party MD, Clean Water Action and other local activists. PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: On July … Continue reading