Post by newsfeeder on Jul 7, 2006 8:01:15 GMT -5
Federal regulators expect to receive an application for a new nuclear power plant at Nine Mile Point in less than two years.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Nils J. Diaz told a U.S. Senate energy committee in June that the agency was hiring hundreds of people to deal with an expected wave of applications for new nuclear plants.
A chart that Diaz, who has since left the commission, submitted shows the NRC expects an application to build a new plant at Nine Mile Point to arrive in late 2008.
The new plant would be the work of UniStar Nuclear, a partnership between Constellation - the owner of Nine Mile Units 1 and 2 - and Areva, a French maker of nuclear power plants, according to the chart.
Officials speaking for Constellation and UniStar said that no decisions have been made on whether to build an additional nuclear plant at Nine Mile Point.
Last year, Nine Mile Point was taken off a list of potential sites to be built by a different consortium of energy companies, including Constellation. At the same time, Constellation announced its partnership with Areva.
In November, at a meeting with the NRC, Constellation listed Nine Mile Point and an exiting nuclear plant site in Maryland as first choices for new reactors.
"Constellation representatives indicated that the most likely sites are Calvert Cliffs, located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, or Nine Mile Point, on the coast of Lake Ontario in New York," NRC records indicate.
The NRC expects UniStar to propose five new plants in the next two years. It expects the Calvert Cliffs application in the middle of next year, three applications for plants it does not name in the first half of 2008, and Nine Mile Point's application by the end of 2008.
Officials speaking for Constellation and UniStar stressed that no final decision had been made on whether to build all or any of the expected plants.
"We don't have any specifics on new nuclear in New York at this time," said Maria Hudson, a Constellation spokesperson at the plants in Scriba.
Other company representatives declined to comment on the record.
Diaz's charts also showed nuclear plant proposals were expected from other companies, all in the South.
UniStar's stated plan is to build identical nuclear plants at different sites in the United States, using a design currently being built in Finland. The plants would generate 1,600 megawatts and use uranium more efficiently than current plants, according to company publications.
The new plant would join Nine Mile Point Unit 1, a 615-megawatt reactor, and Unit 2, a 1,144-megawatt reactor, on the 900-acre lot with more than 1 mile of shoreline on Lake Ontario.
The new plant would create 1,000 construction jobs while it was being built and another 300 to 500 while operating, according to UniStar's Web site.
Units 1 and 2 paid about $6 million in payments in lieu of taxes this year, according to Mark See, Oswego County's chief accountant. Those payments include bonuses because the plants met productivity goals. The plants employ about 1,200 workers.
from www.syracuse.com
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Nils J. Diaz told a U.S. Senate energy committee in June that the agency was hiring hundreds of people to deal with an expected wave of applications for new nuclear plants.
A chart that Diaz, who has since left the commission, submitted shows the NRC expects an application to build a new plant at Nine Mile Point to arrive in late 2008.
The new plant would be the work of UniStar Nuclear, a partnership between Constellation - the owner of Nine Mile Units 1 and 2 - and Areva, a French maker of nuclear power plants, according to the chart.
Officials speaking for Constellation and UniStar said that no decisions have been made on whether to build an additional nuclear plant at Nine Mile Point.
Last year, Nine Mile Point was taken off a list of potential sites to be built by a different consortium of energy companies, including Constellation. At the same time, Constellation announced its partnership with Areva.
In November, at a meeting with the NRC, Constellation listed Nine Mile Point and an exiting nuclear plant site in Maryland as first choices for new reactors.
"Constellation representatives indicated that the most likely sites are Calvert Cliffs, located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, or Nine Mile Point, on the coast of Lake Ontario in New York," NRC records indicate.
The NRC expects UniStar to propose five new plants in the next two years. It expects the Calvert Cliffs application in the middle of next year, three applications for plants it does not name in the first half of 2008, and Nine Mile Point's application by the end of 2008.
Officials speaking for Constellation and UniStar stressed that no final decision had been made on whether to build all or any of the expected plants.
"We don't have any specifics on new nuclear in New York at this time," said Maria Hudson, a Constellation spokesperson at the plants in Scriba.
Other company representatives declined to comment on the record.
Diaz's charts also showed nuclear plant proposals were expected from other companies, all in the South.
UniStar's stated plan is to build identical nuclear plants at different sites in the United States, using a design currently being built in Finland. The plants would generate 1,600 megawatts and use uranium more efficiently than current plants, according to company publications.
The new plant would join Nine Mile Point Unit 1, a 615-megawatt reactor, and Unit 2, a 1,144-megawatt reactor, on the 900-acre lot with more than 1 mile of shoreline on Lake Ontario.
The new plant would create 1,000 construction jobs while it was being built and another 300 to 500 while operating, according to UniStar's Web site.
Units 1 and 2 paid about $6 million in payments in lieu of taxes this year, according to Mark See, Oswego County's chief accountant. Those payments include bonuses because the plants met productivity goals. The plants employ about 1,200 workers.
from www.syracuse.com
Well we do need jobs, but I dob't think a nuke plant is what we need. Sure the slumlords will be excited about having renters, because they will be loosing renters when the college apts. are ready.