Press Release: TMIA Files Request to Bar Receipt of New Fuel to Support Potential Restart of Three Mile Island Unit-1, (May 27, 2025)
Eric Epstein stated in the Request: "TMIA seeks to halt a restart commitment for
the purchase and fabrication of new fuel at this time. The procurement is premature, and
it would comprise an irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources . Approval
would introduce bias in favor of approval of the contemplated restart of TMI-1 before the
NRC Staff has complied with the National Environmental Policy Act obligation of
environmental review, and determination of whether an Environmental Impact
Statement (“EIS”) is required for the proposed restart."
Mr. Epstein added, "TMI-Alert further requests that the Commission give this
request priority and consideration for the obvious reason that to authorize
Constellation to commence making arrangements for the restart would turn
the controversial process of restart into a merely performative mockery."
Epstein concluded, "It would flagrantly violate NEPA to permit Constellation
to proceed with ordering fuel for the restart of a long-shutdown nuclear power plant
where there is a request for restart which has not been acted upon by the NRC Staff,
particularly as to the fulfillment of the agency’s NEPA obligations."
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