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| Nuke Reactor Application Stalled Indefinitely |
| 2008-02-15 |
| Hearings on the first application in 30 years for an operating license for a nuclear reactor have been delayed indefinitely. The reactor design is by General Electric and similar plants are already operating in Japan. But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after accepting the application and giving opponents until later this month to file their objections, has concluded that the application is not complete enough to proceed, a commission spokesman said. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #4 the application is not complete enough to proceed, Horsepooky. This has nothing to do with the application and everything to do with "environmentalists". Needle-dicked Bugwits. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-02-15 22:20 |
| #3 Friggin paperwork and environmental whackos. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-02-15 20:42 |
| #2 You can thank the "Green" movement for this. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-02-15 20:14 |
| #1 Jeebus. What's the holdup? Are these bureaucrats mandated to keep us dependent for energy on 7th century barbarians? The much safer Generation 3 reactor type is already producing power in Japan and these two are located at the South Texas Nuclear Project which has been producing power for 20 years. For comparison, the 4 reactors at STNP will produce more power than all the wind turbines in the USA, do it reliably and don't need spinning backup. And that's even after a 45% wind power capacity increase in 2007. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-15 19:45 |