[matt04]

In my world world, anyone who sues to stop building/prevent re-licensing of new and safe nuclear plants, get's their power shut off, at random based on the amount of power the nearest plant produces for the state.

[pepsionice]

Actually, I thought that TVA had a permit made up last year for a new nuke plant over in the Huntsville area of Alabama. They held a meeting over near Scottsboro, where they wanted to place the plant. Based on local coverage...the people who threw up a fuss during the meeting were asked for their local address, and none of them could cite an address within the state. The local press stayed mostly neutral, and just reported facts...which surprised me to some degree.

[Broker]

Great news!

[mvpel]

“High cost...” Gee, does anyone think that the fact that the government hasn’t issued any licenses for decades might have something to do with that?

[Paradox]

Its about time!

[oyez]

This a story I will believe when the plants are up and pumping megawatts

[oyez]

This a story I will believe when the plants are up and pumping megawatts

[Brad from Tennessee]

I think no matter how the NRC votes the Administration will find ways to slow and stall every phase this project. Obama is invested in medieval solutions like windmills and water wheels.

[GraceG]

Name one Nuclear Reactor Design that is inherently safe when the power goes out in Facility? Meaning power goes out reactor just shuts down and doesn’t explode.

[chimera]

...the high costs of nuclear power ...

A wind farm that would produce an equivalent amount of energy on an annual basis would cost more.

[waynesa98]

Unfortunately the democomies are preventing safe clean, nukes. Read up on breeder reactors, fast breeder reactors and gates’s traveling wave reactor.

90% of nuke energy remains in a depleted nuke rod.(300 years of global energy needs already exist in waste) All breeder reactors render that waste safe, some make plutonium, which is critical for manned and unmanned space flight. The democomies since the peanut farmer have said no weapons grade material for the usa, and deal with the waste in the worst way imaginable. (i guess we should shoot it in to the sun, but we’re not allowed to launch it because of the crash risk.)

Shoot the democommies, let the market fix it.

[phockthis]

just one little week after the judge’s decision of Obambies eligibility case...Hmmmmmmmmmm

[U-238]

This is a good thing but you need a place to store the waste rather keeping it on site.

[kidd]

I just got confirmation that Southern Nuclear has received their COL (combined construction and operating license) for Vogtle-3 and -4.

This was the last hoop to jump through.

We’re building nuclear plants again!