Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jackson County, AL
TVA has applied for a combined
construction and operating license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
to build and operate two nuclear reactors at
its Bellefonte site near Scottsboro, AL and on
the Guntersville Reservoir. The two
proposed reactors will together produce
2,234 MW and are projected to come on
line around 2018.
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April 3, 2008: Bellefonte Nuclear
Opponents Speak Out At Hearing - Read
BEST Press Release and see photos
BREDL Files Supplemental Motion to Suspend
License Process at TVA's Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
Action supports
Bellefonte Efficiency & Sustainability Team
April 2, 2008: Recently, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission stated that is unable
to go forward with a key portion of the safety and environmental
review required for Tennessee Valley Authority's Bellefonte
nuclear power plant license. An inspection by NRC found three
violations which TVA must address. Critical information lacking
includes data on surface water flow and earthquakes. However, the
NRC has not halted the process for approving TVA's license.
Therefore, on April 2, 2008 we filed a motion asking NRC to
either suspend the hearing process or delay the deadline for the
public to intervene.
We believe it would be fundamentally unfair for the NRC to
require interested citizens and public interest organizations to
review and comment on an incomplete document, an application to
build and operate the first nuclear power plant in the 21st
Century. On February 29th, Louise Gorenflo of the Bellefonte
Efficiency & Sustanability Team, a chapter of BREDL, filed a
similar request based on other omissions in the TVA's
application. Supplemental Motion
March 2008: BREDL Chapter Bellefonte Efficiency &
Sustainability Team (BEST) fact sheet:
No
to Bellefonte Nuclear Units, Yes to Energy Efficiency and
Renewables
Feb. 29, 2008: BREDL Chapter Bellefonte Efficiency
& Sustainability Team (BEST) letter to NRC requesting a
suspension of the notice of hearing regarding new nuclear power
plants at Bellefonte.
Feb. 15, 2008: BREDL requests Tennessee Valley Authority Board
of Directors to abandon its ongoing effort to open a new nuclear
power station at the Bellefonte site in Jackson County, Alabama.
View BREDL's Comments: Janet
Marsh's comments | Lou
Zeller's comments
Federal Register notice for the
NRC reactor license process is: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-2384.pdf
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