[ RadSafe ] Ref Obama anounces ....Do you mean that digging has started before clearance is given by NRC

Wed Feb 17 08:45:17 CST 2010

NRC has given four Early Site Permits, starting in March, 2007. The Vogtle
Site Permit issued in Aug., 2009.

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/vogtle.html

John Kuperus
Synthetopes, Inc.

On 2/16/10, parthasarathy k s <ksparth at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear Jim,
>
> Do the companies start digging before getting clearance from NRC? Can you
> give me some reference to this development? It sounds very interesting!
>
> Regards
> Parthasarathy
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Jim Hardeman <Jim.Hardeman at dnr.state.ga.us>
> To: "radsafe at radlab.nl" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Wed, 17 February, 2010 0:26:56
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Obama announces loan guarantees for two nuclear
> reactors
>
> I'm guessing the President is not intimately familiar with the Vogtle
> project, or he would be aware that they've more than "broken ground" --
> they've been digging 20-hours a day for months now.
>
> Jim Hardeman
>
> >>> "Perle, Sandy" <SPerle at mirion.com> 2/16/2010 12:25 >>>
> Obama announces loan guarantees for two nuclear reactors
> February 16, 2010 12:05 p.m. EST
>
> STORY HIGHLIGHTS
>
> *   New reactors would be built near Augusta, Georgia
> *   The reactors would be part of an expansion of an existing nuclear
> facility
> *   3,500 on-site construction jobs and 850 permanent operations jobs
> projected, officials say
> *   Obama's proposed budget triples loan guarantees for nuclear power
> plants
>
> Washington (CNN) -- President Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan
> guarantees Tuesday for two nuclear reactors to be built in Burke County,
> Georgia.
>
> No new nuclear power plants have been built in the United States in three
> decades.
>
> The new reactors are to be part of an expansion of an existing nuclear
> facility near Augusta, Georgia, operated by Atlanta-based Southern Co.
>
> The loan guarantees will help create 3,500 on-site construction jobs and
> 850 permanent operations jobs, administration officials claimed. The
> reactors will help provide power to over 550,000 homes and 1.4 million
> people, it said.
>
> "This is only the beginning," Obama said during a visit to an International
> Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training facility in Lanham, Maryland.
> "We'll continue to provide financing for clean energy projects ... across
> America."
>
> The president acknowledged that construction of new nuclear facilities will
> meet with some political resistance. Nuclear development has traditionally
> been opposed by more progressive elements of the Democratic Party.
>
> "The fact is, even though we have not broken ground on a new nuclear plant
> in nearly 30 years, nuclear energy remains our largest source of fuel that
> produces no carbon emissions," Obama said.
>
> "To meet our growing energy needs and prevent the worst consequences of
> climate change, we'll need to increase our supply of nuclear power. It's
> that simple."
>
> At the same time, the president argued, traditional Republican proponents
> of nuclear power should acknowledge that comprehensive energy legislation is
> needed to help provide incentives making clean energy more profitable.
>
> Any new nuclear facilities, he promised, will "be held to the highest and
> strictest safety standards."
>
> Obama's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget triples loan guarantees for
> nuclear power plants to over $54 billion, the White House noted.
>
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