Factsheets

Factsheets & Reports:

• Nuclear Safety And Nuclear Economics: Historically, Accidents Dim The Prospects For Nuclear Reactor Construction; Fukushima Will Have A Major Impact
  December 2011 by Mark Cooper, PHD,
• The Repository and the Risk – Andrews County Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
  Public Citizen report, April 2011, by Ali Rawaf
• Fact Sheet On Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
  NIRS March, 2011
• Nuclear Power: Still Not Viable Without Subsidies
  Union of Concerned Scientists, February 2011
• GOA Review of the U.S. DOE’s Loan Guarantee Program Report
  United States Government Accountability Office, July 2010
• What’s Wrong with the Texas Compact Commission Import Rule? April, 2010
• Beyond Nuclear report on leaking reactors finds regulator ignoring oversight Beyond Nuclear 4/20/10
• Using a gift of ten years; Planning CPS Energy’s Future
  Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D. San Antonio Presentation September 15, 2009
• CPS STP Investigation Report 12/08/09
• Costs of Current and Planned Nuclear Power Plants in Texas-A consumer Perspective
  By Clarence Johnson for Public Citizen Texas, April 2009
• Business Risks and Costs of New Nuclear Power
  by Craig A. Severance, January 2, 2009

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• Impacts to Ratepayers
• History of Cost Overruns
• Effect of Economic Downturn
• Construction Schedules May Be Delayed
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• "Low-Level" Radioactive Waste Is Not Low Risk April 2009
• United States Commercial "Low-Level" Radioactive Waste Disposal Sites Fact Sheet April 2009
• South Texas Nuclear Project-The Record
• Overview of NRC licensing process NIRS 2006
• Crucial Issues to Raise – Comanche Peak January 2009
• Comanche Peak – What is proposed January 2009
• San Antonio’s Bright Energy Future Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D. October 2008 (pdf)
• What are the Health Risks of Living Near a Nuclear Power Plant? 10/2008
• Exelon’s History of Radiation Leaks and Hiding it from the Public 10/2008
• Exelon’s Nuclear Reactors… What is Proposed – Derived from Combined Operating Licence Application 10/2008
• Nuclear Power Plants Proposed For Texas Sept. 2008
• South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Reactors… What is Proposed Derived from Combined Operating License Application
• Nuclear Subsidies in Energy Act Prepared by Michele Boyd of Physicians for Social Responsibility 9/2008
• False Promises – Debunking Nuclear Industry Propaganda Nuclear Information and Resource Service May 2008
• Seven Myths of the Nuclear Renaissance, Jim Harding, March 2007
• The Self-Limiting Future of Nuclear Power Center for American Progress Fund June, 2008
• Creating Baseload Wind Power Systems Using Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage Concepts National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 10/03/06
• Emergency Planning and Preparedness at Nuclear Power Plants – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, December 2004
• Nuclear Security Enhancements Since September 11, 2001 – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, February 2005
• Licensing a High Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2004
• Low Level Radioactive Waste in Texas -Testimony of Erin Rogers, Lone Star Sierra Club – on SB 1541
• Dry Cask Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Radioactive Waste – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2007
• Stop Nuclear Reactor Spending Flyer -CPS
• Petition to suspend the hearing notice for the South Texas Project Units 3 and 4 – 2/08/08
• Push the Pause Button Austin Public Citizen factsheet on nuclear energy for Austin
• Push the Pause Button San Antonio Public Citizen factsheet on nuclear energy for San Antonio
• Nuclear Power in a Warming World Union of Concerned Scientists’ Report Dec. 2007
• Nuclear Information and Resource Service Statement of NIRS on South Texas Reactor Application 9/25/2007
• Nuclear Reactor Security Design: 18th Century Ready – UCS December 2006
• Nuclear Revival or Nuclear Re-Run – UCS October 16,2006
• Nuclear Tightrope Union of Concerned Scientists’ Report Oct. 2006
• No Dectectable Defect At San Onofre? UCS September 6, 2007
• David Lochbaum’s Comments on Proposed Rulemaking to NRC UCS August 3,2005
• Advanced Boiling Water Reactors – Incidents, Malfunctions and Mishaps
• Nuclear Factsheet – San Antonio Adobe pdf flyer
• NRC Nuclear Reactor Security – Exempting Proposed NRG Nuke from Aircraft Attack Rule Exempting Proposed NRG Nuke from Aircraft Attack Rule