Coalition seeks to intervene in Vogtle reactor ESP application

Washington (Platts)--11Dec2006

A coalition of groups on Monday filed a petition with the US Nuclear
Regulatory Commission opposing Southern Nuclear Operating Co.'s plans for
potential new reactors at the two-unit Vogtle in Georgia, documents showed.

Southern Nuclear filed an early site permit application with NRC in
August for two reactors at Vogtle.

The five groups--the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Southern
Alliance for Clean Energy, Center for a Sustainable Coast, Savannah
Riverkeeper, and Atlanta Women's Action for new Directions--submitted a
petition Monday seeking to intervene in the NRC proceeding.

The groups' petition seeks to raise arguments in five areas, including
the early site permit application's impact on the aquatic resources of the
Savannah River and environmental impacts of terrorist attacks, documents
showed.

--Tom Harrison, tom_harrison@platts.com

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