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Permit for new nuclear reactors was illegal, rules judge

Judge rules permitting of new Georgia nuclear reactors illegal FACING SOUTHH, 5 May 2010, The Georgia Public Service Commission violated state law when it granted a permit to build two new nuclear reactors at the Southern Company/Georgia Power Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Ga.
A Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled last week that the PSC failed to detail why the plant’s expansion is in the public interest, as required by law. The decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

“We applaud the Judge’s decision and continue to find it incredible that the Georgia Public Service Commission would put $14 billion of ratepayer money at risk on this project without properly documenting the factual basis behind this high risk decision,” said SACE Executive Director Stephen Smith…….”Like the devastating oil disaster unfolding in the Gulf, decision makers that support questionable practices must be scrutinized in order for the public to be properly protected,” said Michael Carvalho, an attorney for SACE…….

ISS – Judge rules permitting of new Georgia nuclear reactors illegal

May 5, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin