Welcome to the
Nuclear Power Safety Briefing
Dave Lochbaum
Rob Cowin
Sean MeyerNovember 13, 2012
What We’re Up To
David Lochbaum
Director, Nuclear Safety Project
www.ucsusa.org
November 13, 2012
104 Reactors Licensed to Operate
From: UCS’s web tool called the Nuclear Power Information Tracker
47 Outside Fire Safety Regulations
From: UCS’s web tool called the Nuclear Power Information Tracker
27 Have Earthquake Issues
From: UCS’s web tool called the Nuclear Power Information Tracker
8 May Shake and Bake
From: UCS’s web tool called the Nuclear Power Information Tracker
34 Have Flooding Issues
This Safety Issue will be added to Tracker in the very near future.
None Have Fixed Fukushima
What We’re Up To
Safety IOUs protect no one.
The squeaky wheel gets the oil.
We are squeaking as often and as loud as we can to get ALL reactors to comply with fire protection regulations, ALL reactors to resolve known earthquake issues, ALL reactors to resolve known flooding problems, and ALL reactors to expeditiously and effectively implement lessons learned from Fukushima.
The NRC must not set the safety bar and then watch reactors limbo beneath it. We seek to end this nuclear limbo.
Rob Cowin Washington Representative for Clean Energy
Will Congress Act to improve nuclear power safety?
Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) (left) with Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
ENR Leadership
ENR Members, 113th Congress
Majority Minority
•Ron Wyden, Oregon, Chairman•Tim Johnson, South Dakota•Mary Landrieu, Louisiana•Maria Cantwell, Washington•Bernie Sanders, Vermont•Debbie Stabenow, Michigan•Mark Udall, Colorado•Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire•Al Franken, Minnesota•Joe Minchin, West Virginia•Chris Coons, Delaware•Martin Heinrich, New Mexico?
•Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Ranking Member•John Barrasso, Wyoming•Jim Risch, Idaho•Mike Lee, Utah•Rand Paul, Kentucky•Dan Coats, Indiana•Rob Portman, Ohio•John Hoeven, North Dakota•Dean Heller, Nevada•Bob Corker, Tennessee
The next EPW Chair?
Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Sen. Carper (D-DE) (left) with Sen. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
EPW Members, 113th CongressMajority Minority
•Barbara Boxer, California, *•Max Baucus, Montana•Tom Carper, Delaware *•Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey *•Ben Cardin, MarylandClean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee Chairman?
•Bernie Sanders, Vermont•Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island•Tom Udall, New Mexico•Jeff Merkley, Oregon•Kirsten Gillibrand, New York•Potential vacancy
•David Vitter, Louisiana, Ranking Member•Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma•John Barrasso, Wyoming•Jeff Sessions, Alabama•Mike Crapo, Idaho•Lamar Alexander, Tennessee•Mike Johanns, Nebraska•John Boozman, Arkansas
Asterisk denotes potential EPW committee chairperson in the 113th Congress.
Energy & Water Appropriations Leadership
Former NRC Chairman Jaczko (left) with Chairwoman Feinstein Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Eric Cantor, (R-VA) House Majority leader (left); John Boehner (R-OH), Speaker of the House
House Environment and Economy Subcommittee Leadership
Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) (left) and Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) at Yucca Mountain
Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA)
House Energy & Water Appropriations
Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ
Sean MeyerManager of Strategic Campaigns
Global Security Program
How You Can Get Involved & Work With Our Campaign
Congress Copes with Nuclear Safety
Don’t Let Them Ignore the Problem
Elevating State Voices
Old-fashioned advocacy still works best.
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