Monday, April 2, 2012

'As Fukushima worsens, US approves new nukes' (Common Dreams)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission OKs New Nuclear Plants in South Carolina

Despite reports this week that the Fukushima nuclear situation may be even worse than previously thought, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given approval today for two combined licenses for two nuclear reactors in South Carolina, only the second time in the last three decades that new nuclear plants have been approved in the nation.

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., a unit of SCANA Corp., and Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state-owned electric and water utility, will begin construction on the reactors in Fairfield County, S.C. at the Summer nuclear power site.  

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... full story at Common Dreams.

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