Jim Hamilton

Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative. Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.

Federal grant funds $2 million research effort into former Paducah nuclear site’s future

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Federal grant funds $2 million research effort into former Paducah nuclear site’s future Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce is receiving $2 million in grant funding from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to study future possible uses for the site of the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant . Chamber president Sandra Wilson said […]

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Constellation Energy to buy stake in Texas nuclear plant in $1.75 bln deal

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Constellation Energy to buy stake in Texas power plant in $1.75 bln deal June 1 (Reuters) – Utility firm Constellation Energy Corp (CEG.O) said on Thursday that it would acquire NRG Energy Inc’s (NRG.N) stake in a nuclear plant in Texas in a deal valued at $1.75 billion. After the transaction, Constellation will be one

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Third nuclear reactor reaches 100% power output at Georgia’s Plant Vogtle

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Third nuclear reactor reaches 100% power output at Georgia’s Plant Vogtle A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of

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Holtec to make Palisades restart decision in July

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Holtec to make Palisades restart decision in July COVERT – Holtec International, owner of Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, expects to know by July whether it will receive funding from both the Department of Energy and the Michigan Legislature to restart the shuttered plant. Holtec officials recently met with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to discuss publicly

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Idaho National Laboratory recommendations on ways to improve NRC reactor licensing

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Idaho National Laboratory recommendations on ways to improve NRC reactor licensing | JD Supra co-author: Stephanie Fishman] The Report was prepared by INL’s Stephen Burdick (Senior Counsel), John Wagner (Director), and Jess Gehin (Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science & Technology). INL functions as the nation’s nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration laboratory providing and

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What should happen to 12,000 acres of Diablo Canyon lands? State reveals plan

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What should happen to 12,000 acres of Diablo Canyon lands? State reveals plan After months of work on a plan for the future of 12,000 acres surrounding California’s last nuclear power plant, the state is outlining a vision for the land that mostly aligns with community members’ wishes.

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Westinghouse Partners with Dominion Energy to Further Modernize Virginia Nuclear Power Plant with Advanced Equipment

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Westinghouse Partners with Dominion Energy to Further Modernize Virginia Nuclear Power Plant with Advanced Equipment CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa., May 16, 2023–( BUSINESS WIRE)–Westinghouse Electric Company announced today it has signed a contract with Dominion Energy to design, manufacture and deliver Replacement Steam Generators at Surry Nuclear Power Station in Virginia. This press release features multimedia.

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Vermont Yankee decommissioning finances look good

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Vermont Yankee decommissioning finances look good VERNON – NorthStar Holding Co. is living – and working – within its budget to decommission the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. At a meeting earlier this week of the state Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel, an attorney with the Department of Public Service said NorthStar was within its

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NRC to hold public meeting on Davis Besse annual safety assessment

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NRC to hold public meeting on Davis Besse annual safety assessment OAK HARBOR – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will discuss the agency’s annual safety performance assessment of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant during a hybrid public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 17. The single-unit plant, located in Oak Harbor, Ohio, is operated by Energy Harbor

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