Environmental coalition defends QA contention against ESBWR at Fermi 3

The environmental coalition led by Beyond Nuclear, including Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination, Citizens Environmental Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Don’t Waste Michigan, the Sierra Club (Michigan Chapter), and a group of concerned local citizens, has defended its quality assurance contention against the General Electric-Hitachi "Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor" design chosen by Detroit Edison for its new reactor targeted at the Fermi nuclear power plant near Monroe, Michigan on the Lake Erie shoreline. This defense, prepared by Toledo attorney Terry Lodge with assistance from expert witness Arnie Gundersen, comes in response to attacks by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, as well as Detroit Edison, in the Fermi 3 combined Construction and Operating License Application (COLA) proceeding before an NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) three judge administrative law panel.