Posted on 12/08/2010 8:09:40 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, discusses the outlook for construction of new nuclear-power reactors in the U.S. and the disposal of nuclear waste. Jaczko, speaking with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness,” said the NRC will start making decisions on applications to build new U.S. reactors in 12 to 18 months.
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Locations: Georgia, S. Carolina and potentially Texas.
Agency is reviewing applications next year or 18 months timeframe. Thirteen new plants under review; but probably on 3-4 will likely move to construction, if they get their licenses.
The waste, where will it go & Yucca Mt [ News].
The agency has already voted on Yucca Mt Project, but because of a complicated legal proceeding the NRC cannot predict an outcome on the disposal site; however the Chairman says the other focus is more nuts and bolts-budget planning, so the NRC is focusing meanwhile on the process of closing down the review work. Jaczko says they are still in discussions and deliberations; therefore, he cannot make a public announcement at this time.
The NRC knows the fuel can remain safely and securely at the reactor sites for decades or more. Possibility some reactors will get 20 year extensions to their life. It will be a long time, Jaczko claims, before reactors will reclaim and dismantle their reactors.
This misses the point.
The utilities have paid the government to complete a long term storage site (Yucca Mountain). This money came from users of electricity.
The Obama administration shut the Yucca project down, largely as a favor to Harry Reid. Now the utilities have sued the government for breach of contract. The government's money comes from taxpayers. To the best of my knowledge, the utilities are not refunding this money to electricity users.
Citizens have gotten hit twice with this scam.
Really? They can predict that -- how? My understanding is that it is in surface storage. This means that it is subject to theft. It would make a heck of a "dirty" bomb.
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