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US has approved construction of two atomic reactors in the country, making them the first to be built in America in more than three decades despite objections from the nation’s top nuclear regulator.
Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted 4-1 to approve the construction of two 1,100 megawatt Westinghouse-Toshiba AP1000 at power generator at Vogtle in Georgia.
The site for the proposed plant already has two old reactors.
Only one member of the five-person NRC, Chairman Gregory Jaczko, dissented, citing safety concerns following a triple meltdown last year at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.
He argued that the new licenses don’t go far enough in requiring the builders to incorporate lessons learned from the Japanese nuclear disaster last year.
Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted 4-1 to approve the construction of two 1,100 megawatt Westinghouse-Toshiba AP1000 at power generator at Vogtle in Georgia.
The site for the proposed plant already has two old reactors.
Only one member of the five-person NRC, Chairman Gregory Jaczko, dissented, citing safety concerns following a triple meltdown last year at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.
He argued that the new licenses don’t go far enough in requiring the builders to incorporate lessons learned from the Japanese nuclear disaster last year.
