Moving Energy Education Forward
In spite of a disappointing ruling by a US Judge on Thursday afternoon, February 2, public opposition remains to an unprecedented plan to ship 23,000 litres (6000 gallons) of intensely radioactive liquid from Chalk River, Ontario, to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina – a distance of over 2000 kilometres.
Read MoreNuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates, Inc., submitted testimony on behalf of Mothers for Peace in the California Public Utilities Commission Diablo Canyon Closure case. Fairewinds argues for closure of Diablo Canyon in 2019 rather than 2024.
Read MoreFairewinds submitted its comment to the United States Department of Energy regarding its "Consent based siting" process. “Consent based siting” is the process proposed by the Department of Energy (DOE) to locate radioactive waste dump sites around the US. Fairewinds Energy Education believes that such a process is biased against communities struggling financially due to factory closings and the global economy.
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new radiation limits for the public that are at least twenty-five times higher than current exposure limits. These new guidelines would substantially increase the amount of radiation people can ingest the days and years following an atomic disaster. The EPA’s announcement was open for public comment until July 25. This is Fairewinds' brief report on the issue submitted to the EPA.
Read MoreThe Mystery of the Missing Bolts: New York City's Stricken Indian Nuclear Plant, May 24, 2016, Friends of the Earth and Fairewinds Associates
This report is a collaboration between Friends of the Earth and Fairewinds Associates, Inc. concerning findings at Indian Point Nuclear Plant in which multiple bolts integral to the structure of the reactors were missing and others present were badly damaged.
Read MoreSouthern Alliance for Clean Energy's Motion For Leave to Amend Hearing Request with Second Supplemental Declaration of Arnold Gundersen In Matter of: Florida Power & Light Co. St Lucie Plant, Unit 2, November 6, 2014, Arnold Gundersen
Read MoreSt. Lucie Unit 2 SG Tube Inspection Report, April 15, 2016, Florida Power & Light Company
Read MoreFairewinds Energy Education has submitted a new decommissioning report entitled: The Nationwide Failures of Decommissioning Regulation: Decommissioning Trust Funds or Slush Funds? to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Read MoreFairewinds Energy Education is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to furthering public understanding of nuclear power and nuclear safety related issues.
