Moving Energy Education Forward
As it turns out, they were all wrong. Progress Energy insisted its proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County would provide low-cost energy for generations.
The Legislature promised again and again that a new law forcing customers to pay in advance for the Levy project would get the plant built faster and cheaper, even as the delays piled up and the price soared.
Read MoreA company-wide downsizing at Entergy will lead to 30 lay-offs at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Entergy officials announced the restructuring on Tuesday in the face o fdisappointing earnings. The company plans to cut about 800 of its 15,000 jobs in a move that’s supposed to save up to $250 million by 2016.
Read MoreThis week's podcast focuses on Arnie's testimony about Canada's Pickering Nuclear Plant on Lake Ontario, whose slogan is "40 years of being a good neighbor." As Arnie explains in this podcast, it is not a matter of whether the people operating nuclear plants are good or bad. It is about a dangerous energy source that no amount of good intentions can make completely safe. It is about the forty good years that can end with one bad day.
Read MoreThe Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant will see about 30 jobs cut by the end of the year, plant owner Entergy Corp. announced Tuesday. The cuts represent about a 4 percent reduction from the Vernon plant, Entergy spokesman Terry Young said. The layoffs are part of about 800 layoffs throughout Entergy Corp. nationally, he said.
Read MoreFour times since mid-June, monitors have recorded “spurious spikes” in radiation levels inside the Vermont Yankee plan
Read MoreArnie Gundersen is interviewed by Wayne Brittenden for his program "Counterpoint" on Radio New Zealand. Last Tuesday's revelation that the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is leaking contaminated water into the ocean and that the Japanese government has known about the spillage, confirms the fears of independent experts. Wayne looks at the aftermath of the disaster.
Read MoreOur crew unveils the new, user friendly Fairewinds' Timeline Maker for tracking problems at individual nuclear plants around the world. Listen as Nat, Lucas and Arnie explain how simple it was to use the Fairewinds' Timeline Maker to illustrate the technical issues and flawed corporate decision-making that ultimately forced the shutdown of San Onofre. The Timeline Maker can be used at any nuclear plant throughout the nation, and can be customized by individuals and groups to prevent Forty Good Years from becoming One Bad Day.
Read MoreIn this video, Arnie Gundersen talks with international diplomat Akio Matsumura, the former special advisor to the United Nations Development program about the continuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi site, and come to the conclusion that Tokyo Electric must be removed from the clean-up process.
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.
