W S Lee Nuclear Power Plant
Duke Energy
Gaffney, SC
On December 13, 2007 Duke Energy applied to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to build and operate two nuclear plants on the Broad River near Gaffney, South Carolina. The application is for two Westinghouse AP1000 Pressurized Water Reactors designated William States Lee III Nuclear Station
Units 1 & 2.
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April 17, 2009: BREDL Reply
to Answers of Duke Energy and NRC Staff regarding new Contention
Eleven on proposed W S Lee Nuclear Plants
GROUP CHARGES NEW NUKES MUST
WAIT
FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE SOLUTION
March 10, 2009: Yesterday in a
flurry of legal activity the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense
League filed new arguments opposing nuclear reactor licenses in
Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama. The League acted because of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's failure to recognize that
high-level radioactive waste storage would pose significant
environmental risks at proposed nuclear power plants at TVA's
Bellefonte, Duke Energy's WS Lee and Dominion Virginia Power's
North Anna stations. Read BREDL Press Release
(includes links to filing documents)
On July 22, 2008 both Duke Energy Carolinas and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission staff attorneys filed their answers to our
petition. (Duke
Answer | NRC
Answer) BREDL filed a
motion requesting more time to file our reply and the judges
agreed. (BREDL
Request) Our motion stated:
Contemporaneous proceedings initiated by the Commission are
creating scheduling conflicts. These conflicts arise from license
applications for licenses in Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia as well as South Carolina. While this development may not
be the ASLB’s doing, neither is it the responsibility of the
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League which merely seeks to
represent its members in South Carolina and elsewhere.
On August 8, 2008 BREDL sent our reply to NRC and Duke Energy. (BREDL
Reply)
BREDL files appeal to stop Duke Energy in
South Carolina - The granting of a
license to Duke Energy Carolinas would permit the company to
construct and operate two nuclear reactors on the Broad River
near Gaffney, South Carolina. Nuclear reactors here would
endanger over a 2.3 million people in two states living within 50
miles of the plant including Spartanburg, Greenville, Newberry
and Rock Hill in SC and Marion, Morganton, Hickory and Charlotte
in NC. Download June 27 BREDL Petition
BREDL raised ten fundamental flaws
with Duke's proposal in our legal petition:
1. The design of the nuclear power reactor has not been
certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
2. Duke Energy failed to analyze the carbon footprint of
the construction and operation of the nuclear reactors.
3. Duke failed to identify a plan for meeting its massive
water requirements in adverse weather conditions such as
droughts.
4. Duke has not demonstrated that it is and financially
able to spend the $18 Billion necessary to build the
plant.
5. Duke failed to show the plant could withstand the
largest potential earthquakes.
6. Duke's power plants will not improve the general
welfare, increase the standard of living, or strengthen
free competition in private enterprise as required by the
Atomic Energy Act.
7. Nuclear standards fail to provide equal protection to
all residents as required under the US Constitution.
8. Uranium fuel is not a reliable source of energy.
9. Duke and NRC failed to include adequate protections
from aircraft impacts.
10. There is no long-term plan for disposing of
high-level nuclear waste. |
 Help Stop Nuclear
Power in South Carolina!
Do You Live 50 miles from Gaffney, SC?
On December 13, 2007 Duke Energy applied to the
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to build and
operate two nuclear plants on the Broad River near Gaffney, South
Carolina. The application is for two Westinghouse AP1000
Pressurized Water Reactors designated William States Lee III
Nuclear Station Units 1 & 2. The Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League is challenging this permit for health, safety and
economic reasons. If you are within the 50-mile zone, you may
join in this effort.
Deadline:
June 27, 2008
Gaffney 50-mile map and factsheet | Declaration of Standing
FAQs about Legal Declaration of Standing | BREDL Membership Form
May 2008 Factsheet: New Nuclear Power Plants
in South Carolina? - Duke Energy has applied to the US
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to build and operate
two nuclear plants on the Broad River near Gaffney, South
Carolina. The deadline for comments on
environmental impacts of a nuclear power plant on this
area’s air, water, and public health is May 20, 2008.
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