A citizens’ group has filed an emergency petition asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to postpone relicensing of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station until the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board can review concrete degradation problems at the plant.
The emergency petition was filed by C-10 Education and Research Foundation, a group of citizen safety experts that monitors airborne radiation near the New Hampshire plant. C-10 filed the petition after the NRC announced it was planning to issue a renewed license and amendment early this year despite a pending hearing with the ASLB this summer on alkali silica reaction (ASR) issues. The NRC completed its review of NextEra’s license application in early December.