GROUPS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST TVA NUCLEAR PLANT IN ALABAMA

Today citizens groups announced their legal challenge to stop the proposed Bellefonte nuclear power plant. The groups filed a lawsuit which lists 19 major arguments against nuclear power at a proposed Tennessee Valley Authority site near Scottsboro, Alabama. The 176-page petition to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission was filed by the Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. http://www.bredl.org/pdf2/080606BellefonteCOL_FINAL.pdf