9/20/2006

To Suspend Shearon-Harris License

NC WARN, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, and the Union of Concerned Scientists filed a legal action against the NRC today, demanding the agency suspend the Harris license until the plant corrects multiple fire safety violations, or levy the maximum fine of $130,000 per violation for each day the plant operates.

The watchdogs said Progress Energy plans to apply next month for a 20-year extension to Harris’ operating license, which currently runs until 2026, without correcting its fire violations.

The groups told NRC and Progress that they will resist that plan to the fullest extent “via all available legal and civic avenues.”

NC WARN
N.C. Waste Awareness & Reduction Network
P.O. Box 61051
Durham, NC 27715-1051
919-416-5077
919-286-3985 fax

www.ncwarn.org for background information

No comments: