shearon harris update

Shearon Harris update

In April, public officials representing Orange County, Chapel Hill,

Carrboro, Hillsborough, Chatham County, and Pittsboro met with Rep.

David Price to ask his help in getting an investigation started of the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's enforcement actions (or lack thereof)

at the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant. (Mark Kleinschmidt

represented the Town Council.) Yesterday brought this news from NC

WARN:

GAO Will Study Enforcement of Nuclear Plant Fire Regulations

Statement from NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren:

Today, Congressman David Price announced that the Government

Accountability Office (GAO) has accepted his request to study the US

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's enforcement of fire safety standards

at U.S. nuclear power plants.

The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, will now assemble a team

for the study, which is expected to begin in September. This is a very

important juncture in the years-long campaign by public interest

groups to force nuclear power plant owners to stop cutting corners on

vital safety issues. Fire represents a leading risk factor for

meltdown at nuclear plants.

NC WARN encourages the people of North Carolina to thank

Representative Price, and the many local and state officials who

sought his involvement in this issue due to particular concerns about

violations at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant in Wake County.

Since last fall, the regional public has increasingly voiced concern