Fairewinds Davis-Besse Petition to Intervene

Fairewinds Davis-Besse Petition to Intervene

Expert witness report examining the licensing basis for First Energy's proposed Replacement Once Through Steam Generator modification to its Davis-Besse nuclear reactor.  Fairewinds concludes that First Energy is attempting to avoid the more rigorous, full license amendment process, as Edison did at San Onofre with disastrous results.

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Fermi Intervenors Initial Position Statement

Fermi Intervenors Initial Position Statement

Detroit Edison implemented an approach to quality assurance which deviated from the template, and ignored its obligation to notify the NRC that portions of the Quality Assurance portion of the Fermi 3 COLA had to be modified.

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Fairewinds FERMI 3 Non-Proprietary Findings

Fairewinds FERMI 3 Non-Proprietary Findings

This Fairewinds Associates Report  on the root cause of  Quality Assurance problems identified on the Fermi 3 COL application includes an explanation of why there are two Reports: one based on publicly available information and the other on “propietary” material. 

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Engineer Says State Could Face Expensive Clean-up If Vermont Yankee Closes

Engineer Says State Could Face Expensive Clean-up If Vermont Yankee Closes

A nuclear engineer is warning the Legislature that Vermont Yankee could close before its federal license expires and leave the state with a huge clean-up bill. But that testimony was disputed by another nuclear expert who said the federal government would step in to help the state.

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