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Nuclear Opponents Argue Against Comanche Peak Expansion

Nuclear Opponents Argue Against Comanche Peak Expansion

Shelley Kofler, KERA News (2009-06-11) GRANBURY, TX (KERA) – For the second day, North Texas nuclear opponents are presenting arguments before a panel of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. They are challenging Luminant Generation’s request for a license to expand the Comanche Peak nuclear plant, as KERA’s Shelley Kofler reports.

Luminant wants to add two larger reactors to the two already operating at Comanche Peak, southwest of Fort Worth. Nuclear opponents have raised concerns about public health, cost, and enormous water use……………

………..Eye: These plants as we now know from other regulatory requirements are vulnerable to attack, and the more spent fuel that’s on site the bigger the target the more vulnerable we are to the consequences of a large radiological release

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kera/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1516592/North.Texas/Nuclear.Opponents.Argue.Against.Comanche.Peak.Expansion.

June 11, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive