Nuclear Information and Resource Service home


 
Share |
No New Nukes


Take Action!


Campaigns


Nuclear Monitor

 

Nuclear Crisis in Japan

Also follow us on:
dailykos NIRS blog    Youtube

 

twitter
 

Levy County, FL

 

Press Statement by Mary Olson, NIRS Southeast on Duke Energy's decision to permanently close Crystal River nuclear power reactor. PDF February 5, 2013

Evidentiary Hearing filing, June 26, 2012:
   Intervenors' Statement of Position PDF (supported by following expert testimony).
   Expert Testimony of Geologist Gareth Davies in Support of Intervenors Contention 4, Levy County COL. PDF
   Expert testimony of Hydrologist / Water Modeling Analyst Tim Hazlett in support of Intervenors Contention 4 Levy County COL. PDF
   Expert Testimony of Hydro Ecologist Dr. Sydney Bacchus in support of Intervenors' Contention 4 in Levy County COL. PDF
   Expert Testimony of David Still, formerly a Water Management Administrator for State of Florida in support of Intervenors' Contention 4, Levy County COL. PDF

Rebuttal to Intervenors' Filing by NRC Staff and Progress Energy Florida. July 31, 2012
   Rebuttal to Intervenors' Contention 4 by NRC staff Statement of Position. PDF
   NRC Staff rebuttal to Experts in Support of Intervenor C4 in Levy COL. PDF
   Rebuttal Statement from Progress Energy Florida. PDF

Intervenors Response, July 31, 2012
   Statement of Position Contention 4, Levy COL. PDF
   Rebuttal Testimony Gareth Davies PDF
   Rebuttal Testimony Tim Hazlett PDF
   Rebuttal Testimony Sydney Bacchus PDF + 2 exhibits
     Exhibit INT 802 PDF
     Exhibit INT 803 PDF
   Rebuttal Testimony David Still PDF

* The complete filings by all parties in the Levy County case includes dozens of documents submitted as exhibits. Some of these are quite short, others are documents hundreds of pages long. All are in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Electronic Hearing Dockets 52-029 and 52-030. You may also request the intervenors' exhibits from Mary Olson. There may be a small handling fee.

February 15, 2012: Atomic Safety Judges issue Memo to Parties asserting authority to rule on allegation that laws would be broken, instructing Parties to respond to allegations in Answer briefs. PDF

February 13, 2012: Motion and Proposed Contention 14 -- Federal and State laws would be broken if Levy COL approved. PDF

Attachments 1- 4 for Levy Contention 14 including federal and state laws and 1991 resolution by governor Chiles protecting waters of the Levy County area. PDF

 

August 11, 2011:
- Motion to Admit New Contention (13) and Reconsider Contention 5 PDF Regarding the Safety and Environmental Implications of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Task Force Report on the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident.
- Contention 13 Regarding NEPA Requirement PDF to Address Safety and Environmental Implications of the Fukushima Task Force Report.
- Rulemaking Petition to Rescind Prohibition Against Consideration of Environmental Impacts PDF of Severe Reactor and Spent Fuel Pool Accidents and Request to Suspend Licensing Decision
- Contention 5 on Severe Accident Impact on Multiple Sites PDF - Submitted for Reconsideration by the Ecology Party of Florida, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, and the Green Party of Florida
- Declaration of Dr. Arjun Makhijani Regarding Safety and Environmental Significance of NRC Task Force Report PDF Regarding Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident.

February 2, 2011: The ASLB handed down three rulings in favor of the Interveners on the hydro ecological contention #4:
- Order Denying Progress Energy Motion to Dismiss Parts of C4 as Moot PDF
- Order Denying Progress Energy Motion for Summary Disposition on C4 PDF
- Order Admitting Intervener’s Amended Contention C4A PDF

LNP DEIS supplemental comment letter. PDF November 27, 2010

Bacchus Exhibit A. LNP DEIS Critical Deficiencies.
Bacchus Exhibit A1. PDF LNP Bacchus DEIS preliminary comment letter. October 26, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit A2. PDF LNP Bacchus Affidavit. November 12, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit A3. PDF LNP Interveners Motion to Compel Model files. September 27, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit A4. PDF LNP Oral Argument Notice for Motion to Compel. October 15, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit A6. PDF LNP Amended Contention 4. November 15, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit A7. PDF Economic Impacts of Mining on Levy County. February 22, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit A8. PDF LNP Deficient cultural resource surveys.
Bacchus Exhibit A9. PDF Impacts of inadequate archeological assessments. November 25, 2010

Bacchus Exhibit B. LNP DEIS Federal Agency Comments.
Bacchus Exhibit B1. PDF EPA comments Levy DEIS. October 26, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit B2. PDF NOAA comments on Levy DEIS. October 26, 2010

Bacchus Exhibit C. LNP Affected Area.
Bacchus Exhibit C1. PDF LNP vicinity Casey Declaration photos.
Bacchus Exhibit C1ai. Casey LNP vicinity karst conduits video. February 14, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit C1aii. Casey LNP vicinity karst conduits video. March 27, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit C2. PDF Bacchus and Barile.
Bacchus Exhibit C3. PDF Conceptual drawing of proposed LNP DEIS Fig 3-2.
Bacchus Exhibit C4. PDF Floodplains map LNP ER Fig 4.1-4.
Bacchus Exhibit C5. PDF USGS Topographic map 5 mile PEF Environmental Report Fig 2.7-23. December 9, 2009
Bacchus Exhibit C6. PDF Wetland Classification map 6-mile Levy DEIS Fig 2-4.
Bacchus Exhibit C7. PDF Waters of the US and ctastrophic destructive wildfires 2007.
Bacchus Exhibit C8. PDF Levy County sinkholes and faults PEF ER Fig 2.6-2.
Bacchus Exhibit C9. PDF Groundwater drawdown contours LNP DEIS Fig 5-1.
Bacchus Exhibit C10. PDF Model Grid LNP DEIS Fig 2-12.
Bacchus Exhibit C11. PDF Potentiometric high in LNP affected area12208
Bacchus Exhibit C12. PDF FSAR geologic conditions excerpts.

Bacchus Exhibit D. LNP Adverse Environmental Water Impacts.
Bacchus Exhibit D1a. PDF Multibasin watersheds LNP DEIS Fig 2-7
Bacchus Exhibit D1b. PDF Sub-basin coastal discharges LNP DEIS Fig 2-8
Bacchus Exhibit D1e. PDF SRWMD Water Supply Assessment Report 2010
Bacchus Exhibit D1f. PDF FDEP Withlacoochee impaired verified-c2. January 12, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit D1g. PDF FDEP Waccasassa impaired waters. January 15, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit D2. PDF Giant Holes in flood plain MIT Technology Review. November 12, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit D3. PDF Critical Wildlife Habitat Levy County
Bacchus Exhibit D4. PDF Baseline Conditions GWRC S1-95
Bacchus Exhibit D5. PDF Passive dewatering 2006

Bacchus Exhibit E. LNP Adverse Salt Drift Impacts
Bacchus Exhibit E1. PDF LNP salt drift FLDEPCOC appendices.
Bacchus Exhibit E2. PDF LNP Bruner email Tampa climate data.
Bacchus Exhibit E3. PDF LNP Citrus Levy SWFWMD cover classification map.
Bacchus Exhibit E4. PDF LNP NOAA Tampa rainfall data.
Bacchus Exhibit E5. PDF LNP NOAA Chiefland rainfall October 2010 Rain.
Bacchus Exhibit E6. PDF NUREG 1555 on Salt Drift.
Bacchus Exhibit E7. PDF BDA Crystal River Aerial Salt Study'94-pics.

Bacchus Exhibit F. Unpermitted Taking of Listed Species.
Bacchus Exhibit F1. PDF WAR comments A-NRC Draft EIS Hearing-Final. September 23, 2010
Bacchus Exhibit F2. PDF Bacchus coastal impacts to listed species 2001.
Bacchus Exhibit F3. PDF DOAH Save the Manatee mine case 96001723

Bacchus Exhibit G. LNP Alternatives Not Considered Invalid Mitigation.
Bacchus Exhibit G1. PDF Affected Regional transmission corridors substations Levy DEIS Fig 2-5
Bacchus Exhibit G2. PDF FL rooftop solar PV-OS-20-2000.
Bacchus Exhibit G3. PDF CA rooftop solar. January 21, 2008
Bacchus Exhibit G4. PDF LOE smarter utilities decoupling alternative. January 30, 2009

Bacchus Exhibit H. LNP Comprehensive Cumulative Effects Analysis.
Bacchus Exhibit H1. PDF 1997 Cumulative Effects

Bacchus Exhibit I. List of Bacchus Exhibits and References.
Bacchus Exhibit I1. PDF List of Exhibits. November 27, 2010

January 7, 2010: Ruling by Nuclear Regulatory Commission upholding NIRS, Green Party, Ecology Party as interveners and confirming admission of three contentions in Levy County nuclear license challenge, striking down the Progress Energy appeal. PDF

July 8, 2009: NRC licensing board admits three contentions in NIRS, Green Party, Ecology Party challenge to Progress Energy’s proposed Levy County (FL) reactors. PDF

NIRS, Ecology Party, Green Party file legal challenge before NRC to proposed new reactors on greenfields site in Levy County, Florida. PDF 34.6KB Feburary 6, 2009