Project No Project

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Oswego, NY

STATUS: In progress

OPPOSITION: Howie Hawkins, a 2008 Green Populist candidate for Congress in the 25th District.

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

Yucca Mountain Project , Nye County, NV

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: Obama Administration; Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), a staunch opponent of the Yucca project, called the Obama action "our most significant victory to date in our battle to protect Nevada from becoming the country's toxic wasteland."

PROSPECTS: Unlikely: Department of Energy (DOE) made clear that the controversial Yucca Mountain waste repository is "not an option."

Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station, near Newport City in Monroe County, Michigan

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: Beyond Nuclear; Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination; Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario; Don't Waste Michigan and the Sierra Club

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate: Ron May, a Detroit Edison Company (DTE) senior vice president and the project's manager, said yesterday, "We're in the game. But we haven't committed yet to build."

Plant Vogtle, Near Augusta

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: The Atlanta and Georgia chapters of the Women's Action for New Direction.

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

Victoria County Station, Victoria, TX

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance

PROSPECTS: Prolonged delay

Levy County Nuclear Power Plant, Levy County, FL

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: The Green Party of Florida; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Ecology Party

PROSPECTS: Prolonged delay

South Texas Nuclear Project, Matagorda County

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: Citizen groups are opposing the proposed reactors, including the newly formed Bay City based organization, South Texas Association for Responsible Energy (STARE), Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition, Public Citizen, and others who will intervene in the case.

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

Summer Nuclear Station, Location Jenkinsville, S.C.

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: South Carolina Sierra Club; Friends of the Earth; and Citizens

PROSPECTS: Likely. South Carolina already generates around half of its energy needs with nuclear reactors. All six of South Carolina's House members and both Senators support the construction of more nuclear reactors in the state. However, the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor has never been built before, and after the 17th iteration of design modification it still has yet to be approved.

Bellefonte Nuclear Site, Hollywood, AL (near Scottsboro)

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: Bellefonte Efficiency & Sustainability Team ("BEST"); Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League; Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Cherokee Falls, S.C.

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: Green Peace USA Raleigh; Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate