Nuclear
Callaway Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2, Callaway County, Missouri
STATUS: Suspended Indefinitely TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Sierra Club; Missourians for Safe Energy; Consumers Council of Missouri; Industrial Users; Local Residents PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: On July 24, 2008, AmerenUE submitted a construction and operation license (COL) application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory … Continue reading
North Anna Nuclear Generating Station Unit 3, Louisa County, Virginia
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League; Sierra Club; People's Alliance for Clean Energy; Nuclear Information Resources Service; Public Citizen PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Dominion applied to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for … Continue reading
Plant Vogtle, Units 3 & 4, Georgia
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy; Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League; Georgia Woman’s Action for New Directions PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: Southern Company’s Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generation Plant is located on a … Continue reading
River Bend Station Unit 3, St. Francisville, Louisiana
STATUS: In progress; NRC review currently suspended TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Public Citizen; Alliance for Affordable Energy PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In September 2008, Entergy Corp. filed an application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to build and operate a 1,550-megawatt … Continue reading
South Texas Nuclear Project, Matagorda County, Texas
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Public Citizen; South Texas Association for Responsible Energy (STARE), the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In June 2006, NRG Energy, Inc. filed a letter of intent with … Continue reading
Victoria County Station, Victoria County, Texas
STATUS: Suspended TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Sierra Club; Public Citizen; SEED Coalition PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Exelon filed an application for a combined operating license (COL) from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a two-reactor new nuclear power plant in Victoria County, … Continue reading
TVA Watts Bar Unit 2, Rhea County, Tennessee
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League; Sierra Club; Union of Concerned Scientists; Southern Alliance for Clean Energy; Tennessee Environmental Council; We the People, Inc. PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) partially … Continue reading
Summer Nuclear Station, Jenkinsville, South Carolina
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: South Carolina Sierra Club; Friends of the Earth; Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In late 2005, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), a subsidiary of SCANA Corporation, … Continue reading
Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant, New Hill, North Carolina
STATUS: Delayed TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: NC Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN); local residents. PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: On February 19, 2008, Progress Energy applied for a combined license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to build two … Continue reading
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository, Nye County, Nevada
STATUS: Suspended indefinitely TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Obama Administration; Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid; environmental groups PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) had originally planned to begin accepting spent fuel and high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain nuclear … Continue reading