January 24, 2022 Scottsboro, Alabama - Flawed State of Alabama Hazard Mitigation Plan, Tornadoes and GE Mark 1 Nuclear Reactors, Reported to Emergency Management Agency, FEMA and TARCOG - UPDATE - Jan. 25, 2022 - Reply From TARCOG/FEMA

 

TVA Browns Ferry Nuclear Facility near Tanner, Alabama TVA info: Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (tva.com) Photo by TVA a US Government corporate entity. Fair Use for non-profit news reporting, education and commentary. 

13 years reporting on the GE Mark 1 Reactors, The TVA Browns Ferry Nuclear Facility saga:   https://arklite.blogspot.com/search/label/TVA%20Browns%20Ferry

FLAWED STATE OF ALABAMA HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN INVOLVING TORNADO THREATS AND THE BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR FACILITY, A 3 UNIT GE MARK 1 NUCLEAR FACILITY

REPORT TO FEMA AND TARCOG

 Reference: https://tarcog.us/2022/01/division-f-regional-hazard-mitigation-plan-final-draft-available-for-public-comment/?fbclid=IwAR2Omt9S7eCu6szZs24eUozrucbKVeWUL-H-AiOUsB1RsyW5MGxJZKhcNN4

My name is Garry L. Morgan, U.S Army Medical Department Retired, member of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, BREDL and BEST, Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team. - I am providing feedback regarding a failure to identify a specific hazard, severe tornado threat to the Browns Ferry Nuclear Facility, near Tanner, Alabama, Limestone County, in the Hazard Mitigation Plan, Division F involving North Alabama, and request this failure to identify the significant hazard be corrected. Info below.

There is a serious deficit regarding Hazard Profile Section 4, Division F in regards to Tornado Activity and the TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN). A near miss occurred on April 27, 2011 in Limestone County. The F-5 tornado took out incoming power to the nuclear reactors, there was one backup generator failure. --- BFN is a GE Mark 1 Reactor design, there are no hardened overhead secondary containments covering the 3 GE Mark 1 Reactors and fuel pools at BFN. The overhead area is sheet metal attached to steel I beams. --- The area experienced no electrical power for an extended period, some areas were without power in excess of 5 days. --- A direct hit of the reactor building by an EF4-5 tornado would likely be a catastrophic event involving all of North Alabama and portions of South Tennessee. A release of radioactive material in the immediate area and downwind would be a high probability. --- TVA's, Tennessee Valley Authority, and NRC's, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, assessment of the event was unreliable, and their reporting accuracy to the public was flawed. ( News Reports of flawed assessments, as reported by nuclear industry specialists: Browns Ferry: Shrinking the safety margin at Alabama's largest nuclear plant - al.com link: https://www.al.com/wire/2013/07/browns_ferry.html  note the sheet metal coverings over the nuclear fuel pool in the photos within the article listed;  and TVA resuming power generation at Browns Ferry nuclear plant - al.com link: https://www.al.com/breaking/2011/05/tva_to_resume_power_generation.html note-there was an emergency generator failure which TVA did not disclose to the public.) --- Failure to include tornado events and mitigation regarding BFN is an error which must be corrected.

Regards,

Garry L. Morgan, USAMEDD Retired

BREDL/BEST  

(contact info redacted, submitted in original document)

April 27, 2011 Tornado Tracks

BEST/MATRR Tornado Track Map, 4/27/2011 - Fair Use for education, news reporting and commentary. 

Link: https://bestmatrrdangers.blogspot.com/

Reply From TARCOG/FEMA

Thank you so much for providing us with this critical information.

We certainly did not intent to leave this particular event out of the regional document.

While we have noted other tornadic events throughout the region, it seems this one was not reported to NOAA as specifically having impacted the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN).

It also appears that finding this information would have been a bit difficult, as your note states that certain segments of the event were not published to the public.

Are there any additional events that we need to be made aware of regarding any other facilities?

If so, please pass along that information as well.

We thank you again for giving us this evidence and we assure you this event will be added to the regional mitigation document.

(original email document signed)

Scottsboro, Alabama - May 6, 2021 - UPDATE - JUNE 9, 2021 - JUNE 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021 Order of the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHE RN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION Case No.: 5:18-cv-1983-LCB - THE BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REVIEW AND UPDATE OF DOCUMENTS AND STATUS - GRAVE RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - HISTORY OF THE ZOMBIE NUCLEAR REACTOR SCHEME, EXPERT TESTIMONY INDICATING CORRUPTION, DECEIT, VIOLATIONS OF LAW, REGULATION AND POLICY - MONEY BEFORE HUMAN HEALTH AND LIF - UPDATE - August 26, 2021-Final Judgement - UPDATE September 2, 2021 - Expiration of the NRC Construction License, Side Bar - Don't fall for the "Trick Zombie" - UPDATE - July 18, 2022 U.S. District Court Final Decision"

 THE NUCLEAR ZOMBIE and DON'T FALL FOR THE "TRICK ZOMBIE"

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.

---NRC LICENSE TRANSFER STATUS---

CURRENT NRC STAUS AND DOCUMENTATION ON THE LICENSE TRASFER - TVA to Nuclear Development, LLC

Link: https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/bellefonte-constr-permits.html (This link along with my summary is listed at the bottom of this page.)

Chattanooga Times Free Press article by Dave Flessner on Yahoo

(Fair use for non-profit news publication, education and discussion.)

https://news.yahoo.com/end-era-tva-gives-construction-080000912.html

Note TVA CEO Jeff Lyash's comment: " . . .  other nuclear power technologies should be better."

U.S DISTRICT COURT UPDATES

Side Bar - Don't fall for the "Trick Zombie."

My Thoughts - Don't count on Bellefonte Nuclear Facility being dead. The reason Nuclear Development, LLC lost their case regarding the purchase of the nuclear facility was due to the requirements to have a comprehensive Quality Assurance Plan required by law and monitored by the NRC. Cancellation of the NRC construction license opens the sale up without the restrictions of NRC oversight as required by law, as stated in the court documents. This may free up the sale of Bellefonte to Haney or another buyer without the oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). However, if nuclear construction is to be renewed the NRC licensing and oversight process would begin, and the licensing process has changed from the old process.

The opportunity exists for sustainable energy projects such as large scale solar, run of the river power generation and other hydro projects such as pumped storage generation.

UPDATE - September 2, 2021 - TVA's Notice to the Court - (1) The construction permits issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) for Units 1 and 2 at the Bellefonte site expire on October 1, 2021. . . (2) TVA sent a letter on August 31, 2021, requesting that the expiration date of the Bellefonte construction permits be extended. (3) TVA intends to inform the NRC on or after September 10, 2021, that as a result of the Court’s Final Judgment, TVA is withdrawing its request for extension of the expiration date of those permits.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alnd.168540/gov.uscourts.alnd.168540.251.0_1.pdf

UPDATE FINAL JUDGEMENT

August 26, 2021 - "(1) Judgment is entered in favor of the Tennessee Valley Authority on Counts One, Two, and Three of the Amended Complaint. (2) Purchase and Sales Agreement, judgment is entered in favor of Nuclear Development in the amount of $22,950,000, plus prejudgment interest at a rate of 7.5% per annum, running from December 30, 2018 to the date of this final judgment."   https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alnd.168540/go  v.uscourts.alnd.168540.247.0_1.pdf

UPDATE - June 9, 2021 - TVA claims Nuclear Development LLC, ND, attempting to 'stick' TVA ratepayers with "Luxury Jet" and "Luxury Limousine," described as "luxury travel services" for Haney and guests travel around his home town, including locations and people not associated with legitimate business expenses. Pages 28-30 TVA vs ND, Case No.: 5:18-CV-01983-LCB,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION   https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alnd.168540/gov.uscourts.alnd.168540.229.0.pdf

UPDATE - JUNE 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021 Order of the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION Case No.: 5:18-cv-1983-LCB - THE BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 Link to court document, of note are the numerous redactions depriving the public of the judiciary process relevant to the safety of the Bellefonte Nuclear Facility:   https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alnd.168540/gov.uscourts.alnd.168540.161.0.pdf

Note Pages 51 thru 55 in this document, Referring to the loss of Quality Assurance due to cannibalization of the facility after surrender of the Construction License - quote: "[Quality Assurance] Requirements are not optional . . . 10 CFR 50.54(a), “Conditions of Licenses,” and 10 CFR 50.55(f), “Conditions of Construction Permits,” which require that a quality assurance program be implemented; 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, which requires that all activities performed to establish, maintain, and verify the quality of plant construction be addressed in the licensee's quality assurance program; 10 CFR Part 50, Appendices A and B, which require that certain quality records be retained for the life of the plant; 10 CFR 50.55(e), which requires reporting of deficiencies in design, construction, quality assurance, etc.; 10 CFR 50.71, which applies to the maintenance of records; and 10 CFR Part 21, which applies to reporting of defects and noncompliance. Those NRC regulatory guides that endorse the ANSI N45.2 series of standards, “Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants,” also are applicable and include Regulatory Guides 1.28, 1.37, 1.38, 1.58, 1.88, and 1.116." 

"Because the transfer of the Bellefonte site without NRC approval would have been unlawful under Section 101 of the Atomic Energy Act, the closing condition set forth in Section 6(a)(v) was not satisfied, and Nuclear Development’s motion for summary judgment is denied."

It is of interest to note in the latest filing on April 7, 2021 by Nuclear Development LLC (ND) maintains the Court Erred, of course they do. It appears ND is grasping for elusive straws.

UPDATE: NOTE ITEM 51 at this link regarding Quality Assurance. TVA can't satisfy Quality Assurance as the nuclear reactor under construction had it's construction license terminated per request of the owner, TVA. All Quality Assurance ceased when Units 1 & 2 were stripped and cannibalized of critical parts and systems with large holes cut into the facilities to remove components as described in ITEMs 3 thru 8, describing parts removed and the non-operable condition of the plant. Thus, ITEM 51 is misleading and not accurate as Quality Assurance was terminated and cannot be satisfied in accordance with law and regulatory purpose during the period of the termination of the NRC license to construct, 2005 thru 2007.

Listing of the Case (This is page 1 there are 2 pages):   https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8410732/nuclear-development-llc-v-tennessee-valley-authority/?page=1 

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OVERVIEW - 13 YEARS OF ALL THINGS BELLEFONTE ON THIS BLOG:   https://arklite.blogspot.com/search/label/Bellefonte%20Nuclear%20Power%20Plant

Expert Testimony - Declarations  

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 DOCKET NOS. 50-438 and 50-439

Expert Testimony and Declarations, Document includes sworn testimony of nuclear power experts and NRC Officials. Link -  

https://cleanenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/BLN12DeclarationGundersen050609.pdf

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. . . "

 NRC Senior Project Manager Joseph Williams also identified these very same broad quality assurance weaknesses in reinstating the construction permits for Bellefonte Units 1 and 2. In his analysis Williams said, ". . . it is apparent that the facility has not been preserved in the same state it was when the construction permits were terminated. As noted, these activities were not conducted in a manner consistent with NRC regulations." 

Published accounts show that members of TVA’s own staff questioned the foolishness of stripping the Bellefonte Units of their valuable nuclear components and leaving the plant open to natural environmental degradation.  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"

In summary - Mr. Gunderson, a nuclear engineer and former nuclear power executive, describes 21 important points in his sworn testimony of why the Bellefonte Nuclear Facility construction permit is faulty and problematic as to violations of law and policy regarding construction and operations of the Bellefonte Nuclear facility, pages 2-14 in the report linked above, which includes testimony of the NRC own experts revealing critical faults regarding Bellefonte Nuclear Operations. 

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THE EXPERT TESTIMONY TO THE NRC, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, REGARDING THE FAILURES OF LAW, REGULATION AND POLICY WHICH CREATES A THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CITIZENS IN JACKSON COUNTY ALABAMA AND THE TRISTATE AREA.

TROUBLE AT BELLEFONTE - POLITICS AND UNSCROUPOLUS, CORRUPT FINANCIAL PRACTICES IN THE ATTEMPT TO UNLAWFULLY INFLUENCE THE ISSUE OF NUCLEAR LICENSING OF BELLEFONTE

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

CURRENT NRC STAUS AND DOCUMENTATION ON THE LICENSE TRASFER - TVA to Nuclear Development, LLC

Link: https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/bellefonte-constr-permits.html 

UPDATE - July 18, 2022 - U.S. DISTRICT COURT DECISION

1. TVA’s Motion to Vacate the Order holding the Parties to their Joint Stipulations (Doc. 250) is Granted; 2. TVA’s Motion to Alter or Amend the Final Judgment (Doc. 254) is Granted 3. Nuclear Development’s Motion for New Trial (Doc. 260) is Denied 4. Nuclear Development’s Motion to Alter / Amend (Doc. 259) is Denied. 5. An Amended Final Judgment reflecting the correct pre– and post– judgment interest rates will be entered contemporaneously with this Order. DONE and ORDERED July 18, 2022. LILES C. BURKE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE  

In addition, July 18, 2022 the TVA's rate of interest regarding the "Earnest Money" was amended to 6%.

To Summarize: Shortcuts, corrupt practices, human reliability failures in violation of law and policy regarding construction, transfer of licenses, and operations at the Bellefonte Nuclear Facility "pose a grave risk to public health and safety." 

       Latest Update on TVA's Bellefonte  Nuclear                 Boondoggle

August 24, 2023 WHNT News Huntsville, Al. : https://whnt.com/video/tva-sets-stage-to-give-bellefonte-nuclear-plant-site-new-life-august-24-2023-news-19-at-5-p-m/8937704/

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:

https://arklite.blogspot.com/search/label/Bellefonte%20Nuclear%20Power%20Plant 

 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) 

https://cleanenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/BLN12DeclarationGundersen050609.pdf

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

Link: https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/bellefonte-constr-permits.html

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): 

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2016/ML20168B022.pdf

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

Link: https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/bellefonte-constr-permits.html

My comments to the NRC:   

 https://www.facebook.com/cleanenergyorg/posts/bellefonte-nuclear-2020later-this-year-the-nuclear-regulatory-commission-will-de/10156747819936961/

December 4, 2019

Activists Denounce Bellefonte Plant as Regulators Consider License Transfer

https://energycentral.com/news/activists-denounce-zombie-bellefonte-nuclear-plant-regulators-consider-license-transfer-new

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.

 https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2018/dec/18/court-get-update-sale-bellefonte-nuclear-plant/485159/

December 1, 2018 

TVA scraps sale of Bellefonte to Haney

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2018/nov/30/tva-scraps-bellefonte-sale/484107/?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles

December 1, 2018

No approval from NRC

https://www.dailymemphian.com/article/1600/TVA-says-Bellefonte-purchase-misses-closing-date

December 1, 2018

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

https://www.apnews.com/090974514c11447086b90991bdbc25bd

November 30, 2018

TVA pulls out of deal.

https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Tennessee-Valley-Authority-pulled-out-of-deal-to-sell-Bellefonte-Nuclear-Plant-in-Jackson-Co-501666961.html

November 30, 2018

Nuclear Development LLC can't meet deadline requirements

https://whnt.com/2018/11/30/breaking-tva-says-buyer-for-bellefonte-nuclear-plant-cant-meet-contract-deadline-sale-appears-off

November 12, 2018

Sale of Bellefonte extended.

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2018/11/12/tva-extends-deadline-for-nuclear-development-to.html

October 19, 2018

Bellefonte Nuclear Deal Collapsing

https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2018/10/plans_to_finish_bellefonte_nuc.html

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.

https://cleanenergyfinanceforum.com/2018/06/12/loan-guarantee-program-fuels-innovative-energy-technology 

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 - 

• "Employ new or significantly improved technologies as compared to commercial technologies in services in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued."  https://www.energy.gov/lpo/title-xvii/title-xvii-project-eligibility

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

Hollywood, Alabama - Bellefonte Nuclear Facility, Briefing and Announcements, July 30, 2018 -- Update - August 4, 2018: A Question of Nuclear Reliability - May 6, 2021 - Update and Documents Review

Bellefonte Nuclear Facility near Hollywood, Alabama July 30, 2018, lots of talk today and promises. Interviews reveal no completion of financing or sale; however, all said the sale will be complete by the November 2018 deadline. (photo by G. Morgan)

Bud Cramer, former U.S. Congressman for our area, now works for Nuclear Development LLC. Cramer stated, no foreign money involvement (see UPDATE below), DOE grant in final stage says Cramer, grant level at $5 billion dollars. On schedule for sale finalization by November 2018.

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) 

https://cleanenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/BLN12DeclarationGundersen050609.pdf

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

Link: https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/bellefonte-constr-permits.html

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

https://arklite.blogspot.com/search/label/Bellefonte%20Nuclear%20Power%20Plant 

UPDATE - A question of nuclear reliability

Wall Street Journal Article regarding alleged questionable foreign financing in violation of the Atomic Energy Act from Qatar involving President Trump's contacts and Nuclear Development LLC.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-trump-donor-agreed-to-pay-michael-cohen-10-million-for-nuclear-project-push-sources-say-1533245330?mod=hp_lead_pos4 

More Updates, this one from Alabama Media Group, al.com 

More on corruption associated with Franklin Haney and Bellefonte - "You got trouble Alabama and its' name is Haney" - https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/08/you_got_trouble_alabama_and_it.html#incart_river_index

Corruption, Bellefonte and Haney - Nuclear Development,LLC

Preston Swafford, SNC Lavalin, former TVA, stated cost would be at approximately $3 billion dollars to complete Unit 1; a low ball estimate, more in the line of $5 billion to complete Unit 1. Operations for power delivery estimate to begin in 2024 according to Swafford. Costs of the Bellefonte facility in 2010 were $8 Billion  to complete both Unit 1 and Unit 2. Current costs are estimated for Unit 1 (55% complete) completion $5 billion; Unit 2 completion (35% complete) cost estimates $ 8-9 billion. 10 year inflation costs are at 65-70%. Every month, every year which passes costs increase.  (photo by G. Morgan)

Jackson County Economic Development Authority CEO Shelia Shepard opened the briefing today. 

AGENDA and SNC Lavalin Press Statement

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Chattanooga Times Free Press article from today by Dave Flessner:   https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2018/jul/30/haney-outlines/475955/   Quote -""TVA began gutting key components out of the Bellefonte reactors a decade ago whenTVA first decided to abandon the original Bellefonte units in favor of next generation nuclear power. TVA later reversed that decision but then ultimately gave up on any of its plans for Bellefonte as demand for additional electricity has stagnated in the Tennessee Valley. Critics of the Bellefonte plant contend that the integrity of the plant safety systems was jeopardized when steam generators and other equipment was removed. . .We don't believe that Bellefonte could ever meet the safety standards that the NRC would require because it was put outside of the nuclear quality and assurance standards and we've seen no credible program to bring it back into those requirements," said Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, which has long opposed the completion of Bellefonte.""

History Links regarding the Bellefonte Nuclear Facility near Hollywood, Alabama

Power Technology: https://www.power-technology.com/projects/bellefontenuclearpla/

WIKI Referenced Info on Bellefonte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte_Nuclear_Generating_Station

BIZJOURNAL reports this info regarding Bellefonte: 

"A private engineering consultant with an office in Birmingham has been enlisted to help complete work on a nuclear power plant in Jackson County.  Enercon Services Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin to help complete work on the Bellefonte Unit 1 Nuclear Generating Station in the Alabama town of Hollywood."   https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2018/06/28/georgia-firm-to-help-build-nuclear-power-plant-in.html

Chattanooga Times Free Press article from June 8, 2018:    https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2018/jun/08/haney-signs-agreement-canadifirm-finish-belle/472720/  Note previous TVA employees involved in this firm. 

VIDEO of Bellefonte Nuclear Facility Briefing and Announcements, Monday July 30, 2018