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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR PLANT, THE CONTINUING SAGA OF ZOMBIE NUCLEAR REACTORS - Rockville, Maryland and Scottsboro, Alabama - August 14, 2018 - Meeting Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Nuclear Development, LLC Regarding the Bellefonte Nuclear Facility - Who Will Buy The Power? Answer At The End Of This Article - Update on Nuclear Loan Guarantees, August 23, 2018 - UPDATE January 6, 2019; UPDATE - August 18, 2020, Latest Info from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - UPDATE and Review - May 6, 2021

Bellefonte, from an unrealistic delusional dream, 4 nuclear reactors, to the Zombie Nuclear Reactors.
Photo in TVA, Environmental Assessment documents for Bellefonte Units 3 and 4. Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary. Photo Crop and research provided by G. Morgan

ALL THINGS RELATED TO BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR POWER FACILITY ON THIS BLOG, LINK:



 Bellefonte a nuclear zombie!
The Nuclear Zombie by Edwin Vasquez published in The Nation in an article by Christian Parenti on aging nuclear plants https://www.thenation.com/article/zombie-nuke-plants/
Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary.

UPDATES AND REVIEW
MAY 6, 2021 - REVIEW AND UPDATE OF DOCUMENTS AND STATUS OF THE BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2

Documents indicating violations of law, regulation and policy -  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 DOCKET NOS. 50-438 and 50-439

Expert Testimony and Declarations (link) 
Quote Regarding the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Cannibalization: "Dr. Bob Doggart, a former senior engineering specialist at TVA who now serves as the managing lead assessor for the British Institute of Nondestructive Testing LLC said. “To allow outsiders to come in and remove key equipment for virtually nothing was unbelievably foolish.” Chattanooga Times Free Press on March 29, 2009"

Quote (pg14): ". . . licensure and operation of TVA’s Bellefonte Units 1 and 2 pose a grave risk to public health and safety without an entirely new construction permitting process, Quality Assurance Program, and environmental data analysis. . . "

CURRENT NRC STAUS AND DOCUMENTATION ON THE LICENSE TRASFER

AUGUST 18, 2020 - CURRENT NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION INFORMATION ON BELLEFONTE
Latest Documents link Nuclear Development, LLC (ND) to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)       June 16, 2020  (note pages 120-126 of document; pages 211-222 pdf related to Quality Assurance): 

CURRENT NRC STAUS AND DOCUMENTATION ON THE LICENSE TRASFER, TVA to ND, LLC


My comments to the NRC:   

December 4, 2019
Activists Denounce Bellefonte Plant as Regulators Consider License Transfer

January 6, 2019
Update on Bellefonte - Court denies request for expedited hearing. https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Judge-powers-down-request-for-Bellefonte-hearing-503951551.html

December 18, 2018
Federal Court in Huntsville receives update.

December 1, 2018 
TVA scraps sale of Bellefonte to Haney

December 1, 2018
No approval from NRC

December 1, 2018
Nuclear Development LLC claims TVA illegally blocking deal, TVA says not true.

November 30, 2018
TVA pulls out of deal.

November 30, 2018
Nuclear Development LLC can't meet deadline requirements

November 12, 2018
Sale of Bellefonte extended.

October 19, 2018
Bellefonte Nuclear Deal Collapsing

Here we are again, a newly formed private corporation states it will purchase the 44 year old Bellefonte Nuclear Plant by early November of this year for $111 million dollars, $22 million dollars has been tendered to the TVA as earnest money toward the pending purchase.  Preston Swafford, previously with TVA, currently the Chief Nuclear Officer with SNC Lavalin, primary nuclear engineering contractor for Nuclear Development LLC, briefs politicians, special invitees and the press on July 30, 2018 in a meeting sponsored by The Jackson County Economic Development Authority. Photo by G. Morgan

UPDATE: August 23, 2018 No Documented Loan Guarantee
No mention of DOE nuclear loan guarantees for Bellefonte in this June 2018 report, 60 days ago.

FROM CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REGARDING FUNDING FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, FY 2019 FUNDING AND REPORT, Dated July 17, 2018, 30 days ago. Take note folks, there is no discussion of the Bellefonte project for 2019 appropriations from Department of Energy, DOE, regarding nuclear loan guarantees. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45258.pdf

Bellefonte does not meet the requirements of the DOE Title XVII Nuclear Loan Guarantee Program as the Bellefonte Project DOES NOT, quote - 

TROUBLE AT BELLEFONTE, POLITICS AND UNSCROUPOLUS FINANCIAL DEALINGS
Congressman Mo Brooks comments on unscrupulous financial activity regarding the Bellefonte Nuclear Construction license transfer - http://www.waff.com/story/38802403/wall-street-journal-connects-bellefonte-project-to-former-trump-attorney
  
9 August, 2018, Wall Street Journal - Prosecutors in the Trump Investigation have called on Franklin Haney to answer questions about the money involvement regarding Trump/Cohen and others in the Bellefonte deal. WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-top-trump-donors-dealings-with-michael-cohen-trigger-scrutiny-1533850870

The political issues involving campaign contributions by the owners of Nuclear Development, LLC, and the structural integrity of the Bellefonte facility were brought forth to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, during the public’s comment and question period.

The NRC gave no assurances or definitive commitments that they could protect the public, which is their mission, from unscrupulous political pressure. Statements that the NRC is an independent agency regarding their political appointed commissioners are not assurances in the current political climate.

The NRC did confirm there are known serious problems with the structural integrity of the former cannibalized nuclear plant. Note: Arnie Gunderson's, Fairewinds Report, video in the right column of this blog regarding the problems of Bellefonte's structural integrity and age related issues.

VIDEOS of Today's NRC Proceedings
Introduction and Tour - Part 1


VIDEO Recording of the meeting, Part 2 (Suggest you turn the sound all the way up, then adjust down if needed.).


ALL THINGS NUCLEAR RELATED TO THE BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAGA  IN THIS BLOG. 10 YEARS OF HISTORY. MANY LINKS, MANY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS - https://arklite.blogspot.com/search/label/Bellefonte%20Nuclear%20Plant

Bellefonte Nuclear Brief Video from the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant - July 30, 2018

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An Associated Press News Report Video regarding this activity from July 30, 2016.  Fair use of video for non-profit news reporting and commentary, video available on You Tube public access.


THE QUESTION, WHO WILL BUY THE POWER IF NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT COMPLETES THE CONSTRUCTION, TVA? MO BROOKS PROVIDES DETAILS. RATE PAYERS SCAMMED ONCE AGAIN SO THAT PRIVATE CORPORATE CONCERNS REAP PROFITS FROM RATEPAYERS. SIMILAR TO TVA VARIABLE INTEREST DEBT, V.I.E, DEBT TRANSACTIONS. BUILD THE PLANT, SELL IT, THEN BUY THE POWER OR THE PLANT BACK.
Trouble in North Alabama, his name is Franklin Haney -  "Franklin Haney - Bible salesman turned billionaire . . . He buys politicians like the latest iPhones, and it doesn't matter their make or model. He slathered money on Barack Obama and Donald Trump ($1million), funded Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's inaugural and the dark money group that paid his (Bentley's) sweetheart."  https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/08/you_got_trouble_alabama_and_it.html

SHH, WE HAVE SECRETS - CONGRESSMAN MO BROOKS VIDEO

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