SHUT DOWN
The Columbia Generating Station (CGS),
formerly known as WPPSS Nuclear Plant #2
PRESS
CLIPPINGS
There's a nuclear reactor in my backyard The CGS
poses risks to the Columbia River and the populations along
it. By Leslie March in the Chinook Observer, February
28, 2017
Closing Richland nuclear plant would be a win for
ratepayers, study says
Northwest ratepayers could save hundreds of millions of
dollars over the next decade if BPA and Energy Northwest
close the regions only commercial nuclear power plant
(WPPSS-2) and replace its electricity with renewable
resources, a new study has found. The Oregonian
(Portland), February 18, 2017
Close the expensive Columbia Generating Station
Portland pays for CGS in its rates but does not actually
receive energy from the plant. The plant will be down for
refueling in 2017. This would be an excellent time to
replace our eight-track tape player with modern technology —
cleaner, safer and less costly. By Robert McCullough in The Oregonian
(Portland), July 7, 2016
Balancing an aging Hanford nuke plant against cheaper firm
market power purchases Rebuttal to an Energy
Northwest
response to his earlier article. By Robert McCullough in The Oregonian
(Portland), July 22, 2016
Our future is in green energy, not aging, costly nuclear
plants
Economist Robert McCullough responds to an op-ed by a member
of the Energy Northwest board that criticized the Seattle
City Council's resolution. Seattle Times, June 30,
2016
Seattle Anti-Nuke Resolution Compromise Keeps CGS Running
Clearing Up,
June 3, 2016
Seattle City Council passes resolution opposing nuclear
power The Seattle City Council this week told its
utility to move away from getting electricity from fossil
fuels and nuclear energy. The resolution also directs
Seattle City Light Department to use its position on the
Energy Northwest board to consider replacing its electricity
with carbon-neutral alternatives. Tri-City Herald,
June 1, 2016
Groups seek closure of
Northwest's only nuke plant Heart of America Northwest and Washington Physicians for
Social Responsibility on Wednesday said the Columbia
Generating Station should be closed because of worries about
the storage pool that cools used nuclear fuel. A new report
commissioned by the groups also questioned worker protection
at the plant, which is on leased land at the Hanford Nuclear
Reservation. Associated Press, November 20, 2014
Hanford nuke plant's earthquake risk underestimated, group
says
A new report by Physicians for Social Responsibility says earthquake
risks were seriously underestimated when the state’s only
commercial nuclear-power plant was built almost 30 years ago
on the Hanford nuclear reservation. By
Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times, November 1, 2013
Seattle City Light's little nuclear share
By Martha Baskin, Crosscut, August 16, 2014
Seattle
City Light Should Promote CGS Shutdown, City Council Energy
Committee Told
By Jude Noland, Clearing Up, August 15, 2014 (PDF)
As nuclear power dies, solar rises
By Denis Hayes and Scott Denman, April 22, 2014, in
CNN.com
Columbia River nuclear plant poses dire threat
By Susan Cundiff,
November 20, 2013.
Published in the Eugene Register Guard
Columbia Generating Station: Why relicense a nuclear power
plant 10 years early? (Commentary by John Pearson, MD
in The
Oregonian) July
30, 2012
Shut down the Northwest's only nuclear power plant (Commentary
by John Howieson, MD in The Oregonian)
June 17, 2012
Senator Ron Wyden deserves support on nuclear waste safety (Guest
opinion by John Pearson, MD in The
Oregonian) August 31, 2013
More published articles
here.
