Vistra moves to extend operation at Comanche Peak Vistra Corporation announced yesterday that it is seeking 20-year life extensions for its Comanche Peak reactors and has submitted an application for license renewals to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Operated by Vistra subsidiary Luminant and located in Glen Rose, Texas, Comanche Peak is home to two Westinghouse-supplied […]
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Fresh off Palisades closure, Michigan will study state’s nuclear prospects | Great Lakes Now By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the
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A reporter tours Vermont Yankee & witnesses the dismantling of a nuclear power plant The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon once employed more than 600 people, and at the height of its operation, supplied about a third of the state’s electricity. But the plant shut down in 2014, and this week, the final
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Southeastern Mass. residents protest plan to dispose of nuclear wastewater People who live in southeastern Massachusetts are vowing to block a proposal that they insist would be illegal and hazardous: to dump up to 1.1 million gallons of radioactive wastewater that is left over from Plymouth’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into Cape Cod Bay.A rally
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DOE Unveils Next Steps for Nuclear Waste Consent-Based Siting Process The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated community outreach to facilitate consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), and interim storage facility siting. The effort, outlined in a series of steps the DOE expects to take in response to a recent request for public
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Forum on Palisades Nuclear Plant’s ‘decommissioning’ turns into debate over restarting reactor SOUTH HAVEN, MI — A forum scheduled to talk about the long-term dismantling of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant turned into a debate over a recently touted plan to restart the reactor. Two dozen people commented during the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s meeting to
DOE Announces $16 Million to Support Consent-Based Siting for Spent Nuclear Fuel
Nevada pushes to end Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository once and for all
Radioactive fuel shipments planned through New Mexico counties CLOVIS – Getting spent fuel from nuclear power plants to a proposed interim storage facility in Lea County would require routing the waste by rail through Clovis. Holtec International, a firm that specializes in spent fuel storage and nuclear power plant site decommissioning, is seeking a license
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Meeting to discuss Palisades decommission plan set for Thursday in South Haven COVERT TWP. – Despite a pending application for a federal grant to reopen the plant, a public meeting on the decommissioning plan for Palisades Nuclear Plant will be held this week.
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