Resources & Stats
October 2007
NRG Energy Files First Full License Application for New Reactors
The U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission last month received the first full license application for a nuclear power plant in nearly three decades.NRG Energy Inc. and South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co. filed a combined construction and operating license application to build two General Electric Advanced Boiling Water Reactors at the South Texas Project plant site in Matagorda County.
The NRC now is conducting an acceptance review process for the license application. If the agency accepts the application, it could take up to 42 months for a complete review. If the NRC approves the application, NRG said it expects to begin construction in 2100, with the new reactors beginning electricity production in 2014 and 2015.
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Energy Sector Explores Work Force Options
Workers and engineers who are skilled at building and running power plants and transmission facilities soon will be in high demand. However, the current supply of skilled workers in the energy sector work force will not meet future demand.
President Touts Nuclear Energy’s Role in Climate Change
“Energy security and climate change are the two great challenges of our time,” President George Bush said at the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change, the first in a series of meetings designed to set a long-term global goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that includes a role for developing countries.
Zambia Gets Positive Prognosis for Cancer Treatment
Nuclear energy does far more than light our homes and business. It also helps diagnose and treat serious diseases such as cancer. For the first time, the African nation of Zambia can put nuclear technology to this life-saving use.