Beyond Nuclear on Thom Hartmann's "The Big Picture" regarding Fermi 1, 2, and 3
Thom Hartmann (photo, left) invited Beyond Nuclear onto his television program "The Big Picture" to discuss the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) impending decision to rubberstamp the proposed new Fermi 3 atomic reactor's license in southeast Michigan -- to be constructed on the very spot where the "We Almost Lost Detroit" Fermi 1 reactor had a partial core meltdown in 1966. The environmental coalition that has been intervening against Fermi 3's license for six and a half years, represented by Toledo attorney Terry Lodge, has vowed to appeal NRC's decision to federal court, if need be.
Thom also asked about the risks at Fermi 2 -- identical in design to Fukushima Daiichi Units 1 to 4 -- and the liabilities associated with U.S., Japanese, and other nuclear firms building dangerous new reactors in places like India and China.
NRC's approval of the Fermi 3 combined Construction and Operations License Application (COLA) for a General Electric-Hitachi ESBWR (so-called "Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor") in Newport, Michigan could pave the way for another to be built as North Anna Unit 3 in Mineral, Virginia, and for numerous others in India and China.