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NUKE NEWS
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chronological listing of archives
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SOUTHERN ANTI-PLUTONIUM
CAMPAIGN
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LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
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Reports and Resources
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BREDL letters and comments
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Facilities, Licensing, New Plants:
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Savannah River Site
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Dominion Nuclear North Anna:
Info on early site permit for 2 new
nuclear power plants at North Anna in
Louisa Co., VA
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Southern Nuclear Company of Georgia Vogtle:
Info on early site permit for new
nuclear power plants at Vogtle in
Burke Co., GA
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TVA:
Info on proposed two new
nuclear power plants at Bellefonte in
Jackson Co., AL
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Does
America Need A New Atomic Bomb Plant?
(Nov.
22, 2002)(.pdf)
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Yucca Mountain
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Re-licensing of
Duke Energy's McGuire & Catawba
Nuclear Power Plants
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Taking Precautionary Action: Roadmap for Success
The Southeast Regional Conference on Mega-Dumps, Nuclear Power & Sewage Sludge
November 16 – 18, 2007 The Proximity Hotel, Greensboro, NC
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Southeastern HLNW Roadshow
May -
June 2002
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Nuclear Insecurity
Conference
Feb. 8 - 9, 2002
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2000 G-8 Summit
July
17 - 24, 2000
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American Delegation
on Plutonium Fuel
May 21
- June 11, 2000
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Plutonium:
The Last Five Years
(Feb. 6, 2001)
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Plutonium Fuel
Transportation: More Uncertainties ,
Higher Costs ,Increased Risks Overrated
Records
(May
3, 2001)(.pdf)
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Dangers of
Plutonium Transportation (re-released on
May 3, 2001)
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Ten Commandments of
Radioactive Waste
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BREDL and SEER
hosts French Delegation on Plutonium fuel
Oct.
15, 1999
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NIX-MOX Day
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 Help Stop Nuclear
Power in Virginia!
Do You Live 50 miles from the North Anna Nuclear Plant?
Dominion-Virginia Power has submitted an application to add a
third nuclear power plant at its North Anna Nuclear Station in
northern Virginia. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League is
challenging this permit for health and safety reasons. If you are
within the 50-mile zone, you may join in this effort.
Deadline: May 9, 2008
North
Anna 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.
League files Motion for Delayed Deadline in North Anna
nuclear license
On April 28, 2008 the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
filed a legal motion with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to
postpone deadlines for the North Anna Power Station construction
and operation license. Dominion Virginia Power plans to add a
third nuclear reactor at its plant in central Virginia.
Unless a new deadline is granted, the public will have had only
three weeks to review the necessary documents to intervene in the
licensing process.
Federal administrative procedures require that the time be no
less than 60 days. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is ignoring
its stated goal of providing "ample opportunities for
members of the public." We know that there are fundamental
safety questions which must be addressed. A previous Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board decision on North Anna said these
safety issues are "unresolved." The public needs time
to investigate. For these and other reasons, Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League filed this motion.
Read
April 28 Legal Motion
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
Jan. 2, 2008: On Friday, December 28th, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League filed a petition against the Virginia's approval of a water permit for the North Anna nuclear power station (NAPS) located near Charlottesville.
The League's petition states:
The Board's re-issuance of this Permit was in violation of Virginia's State Water Control Law, the federal Clean Water Act, and the Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System, as well as other laws and regulations governing water quality. Specifically, state and federal laws and regulations require regulation of and limitations on thermal pollution discharges into Virginia's waters. There was ample evidence presented to the Board and DEQ as contained in the record which demonstrated that thermal pollution discharges from NAPS into Lake Anna are causing and contributing serious harm to the lake and to Virginia citizens' use and enjoyment of that natural resource. Despite the mandate under state and federal law and the record evidence of the thermal pollution problem in Lake Anna from NAPS, this Permit contains virtually no limits at all on thermal pollution. For the reasons stated in this Petition for Appeal, BREDL asks this Court to suspend and set aside the Permit and to remand the Permit to the Board and DEQ for further proceedings consistent and in compliance with federal and state water laws and regulations.
BREDL Press Release | View Appeal
BREDL's Comments on Draft EIS for Vogtle Nuclear Power
Plant - Dec. 28, 2007: Major problems we identified in the
Plant Vogtle draft Environmental Impact Statement:
1) It dismisses the mounting evidence of negative impacts on the
health of people living around nuclear plants;
2) The assessment of radiological releases to the public is
fatally flawed; and
3) Radionuclide emissions data indicates harm to public.
The public record contains evidence that Vogtle has not and will
not meet the requirements under federal law 10 CFR § 100.21
(c)(1). Test results for Vogtle indicate the existing nuclear
power plant is the source of a variety of radionuclides which
contaminate sediment, river water, fish and drinking water. There
is an increase in negative health impacts in proximity to and
contemporaneous with Plant Vogtle operations. Southern Nuclear
Operating Company seeks to add two new nuclear reactors to the
two already in operation at its Plant Vogtle power station near
Waynesboro, Georgia. The company submitted an application for an
early site permit in 2006.
View BREDL's
Comments
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