The Nuclear Zombie - NRC- ASLB Hearing on TVA 's Bellefonte Units 3 & 4 Docket 52-014COL & 52-015COL, near Scottsboro, Alabama

The Nuclear Zombie by Edwin Vazquez - Fair Use Rights for Non-Profit News Reporting

The Bellefonte Facility is the Nuclear Zombie - It feeds on your money.

 TVA Annual Financial Statement 10K Sep 30, 2015

http://www.snl.com/Cache/31977775.pdf?IID=4063363&FID=31977775&O=3&OSID=9

(TVA Sep 2015 10K page 83 & beyond)TVA's Assets are listed as $48.825 billion; Cash flow of $300 million; TVA's Liabilities, includes long term debt, are listed at $48.825; TVA's Long term debt interest is $22.792; TVA's short term debt is $1.099 billion; TVA's VIE debt $1.328 billion; TVA Pension shortage is $6.027 billion.

The bottom line of TVA is this: Assets are near >>$49 billion, liabilities are near >>$80 billion, ten year trend indicates increasing liabilities. Only a complete fool would think TVA can afford Bellefonte 3&4. It is questionable if they can afford Bellefonte 1&2.

Currently, out to 20 years, TVA admits there is no power need for Bellefonte 1&2. Considering the financial situation of TVA and the estimated costs of a Bellefonte 3&4 which is currently running $10-$15 billion in todays dollars per unit. 30 years out, construction time if Bellefonte 3-4 began 10 years out, the cost would be at least 50% to 75% higher bringing the costs conservatively to $15 to $22 billion per unit. 

Nuclear decommissioning fund listed on page 137 is $700 million short by TVA's estimate.  TVA's balance on their decommissioning fund is $1.5 billion; the actual cost of decommissioning 1 nuclear plant would exceed $700 million by todays cost estimates and may run as high as $1 billion, decommissioning is not counted in the above figures.

TVA cannot afford BFN 3&4, nor is there a power need at this time out to 2033,  TVA IRP https://www.tva.gov/file_source/TVA/Site%20Content/Environment/Environmental%20Stewardship/IRP/Documents/2015_irp.pdf  . To continue this charade wastes everyone's time, efforts and valuable financial assets. The COL for BFN 3&4 should be immediately terminated.

Learn More about Bellefonte and the problem with nuclear power

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Sound Track Videos - 2 Parts

Rockville, Maryland - December 4, 2015 NRC- ASLB Hearing on TVA 's Bellefonte Units 3 & 4 Docket 52-014COL & 52-015COL near Scottsboro, Alabama - Part 1 & 2 Video and Sound. All things about the Bellefonte Nuclear Facility on this blog. Including, how the "zombie" consumes your hard earned dollars.

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Alternative Energy and NRC Bellefonte Hearings

The NRC will be back in Scottsboro on July 30th.

Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008Starting Time: 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET)Location: Scottsboro Goosepond Civic Center 1165 Ed Hembree Drive Scottsboro, Alabama
Judge Bollwerk said:
Currently, the Board anticipates that this conference should last no more than one day. The Board will issue a separate order in the near future establishing time allocations for oral argument regarding the issues it wishes the participants to address during the conference.

The following is a link to alternative energy job statistics in Alabama. It is interesting to note that Dekalb County leads the State in alternative energy jobs while Jackson County hasn't made the list. http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/atf/cf/%7B3637E5F0-D0EA-46E7-BB32-74D973EFF334%7D/AL-Report.pdf

Earthquakes in Alabama/Letter to NRC

Notice the number of earthquakes along the Tennessee River fault line. The nuclear plant is about 1000 feet from this fault, it is called River Ridge.

My letter to the NRC is displayed along with reference inclosures.

Nuclear Plants and Sinkholes Don't Mix

Why would the TVA build a Nuclear Facility on known "sinkhole terrain (Karst Terrain)?" Maps available through the University of Alabama Historical Maps Cartography Division demonstrate that TVA/Nu-Start has omitted critical information in its COL Application Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sinkholes are clearly shown on 1970 topographic maps of the area. The TVA also states there are no springs in the area other than trickles. Obviously they do not know the history of the area or are not privy to the maps at the University of Alabama.

Bellefonte Unit #3 will be located over a historically mapped sinkhole. Unit 3 is the one in the top picture on the right. The entire area is a sinkhole risk as indicated on the 1977 USGS Jackson County sinkhole Map. The TVA has ignored critical scientific information in their environmental impact statement.