|
recent lawsuits
XML Site Feed:
Click here for URL.
|
 |
|
Mississippi Nukes
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Port Gibson, Mississippi is home to one of the first post-Three Mile Island nuclear plants to apply for a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - the so-called "Grand Gulf" nuclear plant. We call it "Grand Goof." A coalition of companies called NuStart has received a federal subsidy of $260 million, as part of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Power 2010 program, just to cover the cost of applying for a construction and operating license at the Grand Gulf site. (This is the entire annual budget for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).
Today we filed a claim with the Atomic Safety Licensing Board (a sub-unit of NRC) demanding that they take a hard look at the risks from a possible terrorist attack on this facility when they evaluate its environmental impacts. The NRC has, until recently, refused to look at terrorism risks, calling them "speculative." That was until the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in another one of our cases (teaming up with the organization Mothers for Peace) taking the NRC to task for refusing to look at terrorism risks. We are asking that NRC do the right thing and look at the possible terrorism risks associated with the Grand Gulf plant.
You don't have to be a CIA agent to know that nuclear power plants are natural targets. People have a right to know the potential dangers they face in their own neighborhoods. That’s not only common sense; it happens to be the law.
posted by Pat Gallagher
You can permanently link to this entry at this location
|
Have a question or a response for the Sierra Club Environmental Law team? Click on the Comments link!
User comments or postings reflect the opinions of the responsible contributor only, and do not reflect the viewpoint of the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of any posting. The Sierra Club accepts no obligation to review every posting, but reserves the right (but not the obligation) to delete postings that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate.
Up to Top
|
