Authorities launch ‘special inspection’ at Davis-Besse plant following second piping failure incident The second fire protection piping failure was discovered in March 2023. OAK HARBOR, Ohio – Authorities with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have launched a “special inspection” into the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio after learning of piping failures in […]
NRC board to hear enviros’ case for forcing Diablo Canyon shut down – ExchangeMonitor A Nuclear Regulatory Commission board in May plans to decide whether a citizen’s group can contest a utility’s plan to keep California’s last nuclear power plant running longer than planned, the commission said Monday.
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House hearing highlights rising bipartisan support for nuclear energy amid wave of policy actions Members of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday pledged bipartisan support for the development of nuclear energy, while questioning the difficulty in disposing of spent fuel and the time required to build and license reactors.
German town bids farewell to nuclear, eyes hydrogen future LINGEN, Germany — For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and many with well-paid jobs in what was once an agricultural backwater. Now, it and the country’s two other remaining nuclear plants are being
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Holtec seeking state funds to reopen Palisades Holtec International is now seeking additional support to help reopen the Palisades nuclear power plant in Van Buren County. It’s asked the state to commit around $300 million to the effort as it also seeks more than $1 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Lawsuit Seeks to Uphold Closing California’s Last Nuke Plant LOS ANGELES (AP) – An environmental group on Tuesday sued to block Pacific Gas & Electric from seeking to extend the federal operating licenses for California’s last nuclear power plant.
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Unit 2 at Millstone goes offline for routine refueling and maintenance Apr. 10-WATERFORD – Unit 2 at Millstone Power Station is currently undergoing its 28th refueling outage, a planned outage that occurs about every 18 months. Unit 3 continues to operate at 100% power. Scott Miller, manager of nuclear fleet communications with Dominion Energy, the
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Nuclear life extension plans tested by obsolete components April 5 – Nuclear operators must be able to swap out old parts for new to keep a reactor running, but when like-for-like is unavailable, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are faced with the challenge of finding an alternative while avoiding making any major changes.
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Inflation leads Oyster Creek nuclear plant to delay decommissioning LACEY – Inflation, high labor prices and economic turmoil spurred Holtec International to add four years to the company’s timeline for decommissioning the defunct Oyster Creek nuclear plant off Route 9. Holtec, based in Camden, completed the purchase of the Lacey nuclear facility in 2019 and
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Carper, Capito, Whitehouse Introduce Bipartisan Nuclear Energy Bill, the ADVANCE Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in
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