NO MORE SOLYNDRAS: GROUPS CALL ON DOE TO FORCE PUBLIC RELEASE OF DETAILS ON DELAYS AND 12 SECRET COST OVERRUNS AT VOGTLE REACTORS

NO MORE SOLYNDRAS: GROUPS CALL ON DOE TO FORCE PUBLIC RELEASE OF DETAILS ON DELAYS AND 12 SECRET COST OVERRUNS AT VOGTLE REACTORS

Southern Co. has already commenced construction activities at the Vogtle reactor site, with cost overruns already documented in a manner that should give pause to U.S. taxpayers on the hook for Solyndra-style federal loan guarantees. The Vogtle license would allow Southern to commence construction of the containment, reactor cooling systems, spent fuel storage pools, and other major nuclear plant components. The organizations charge that these major structures could change substantially if they are redesigned to take the lessons of the Fukushima accident into account, and therefore continued construction of the new Vogtle reactors could be wasting money and resources.