Exelon Threatens To Mothball Four Nuclear Power Plants Unless Paid A Premium For Their Zero-Carbon Electricity Lawmakers often turn to federally chartered “Independent Market Monitors” to vet the nuclear industry’s claims that its plants are money-losing. This is an investigation of how one of these expert groups arrived at its striking conclusion about two nuclear […]
Oyster Creek: Out with the old nuclear plant, in with a new one? The choices ahead LACEY – For more than a half-century, the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant energized the region and local pocketbooks before shutting down three years ago, the start of what was expected to be a tedious, unremarkable and costly mothballing.
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Top state officials blast NRC over Indian Point ruling – Mid Hudson News ALBANY – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied the state’s request for a hearing on decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan and that is “unacceptable and a blatant disregard of the state’s serious concerns,” Governor Cuomo said Friday.
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New York sues federal nuclear agency over decommissioning of Indian Point plant (The Center Square) – The state of New York on Friday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission after the federal agency denied the state a hearing over the decommission plan for the Indian Point nuclear power plant, Attorney General Letitia
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Towns on edge over nuclear plants after bribery scandal For much of the past four years, the residents of a pair of villages along Lake Erie have been on edge over the fate of their nuclear plants, which generate enough tax money to pay for nicer schools than their neighbors.
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Three Mile Island sale clears another hurdle on eve of Biden administration The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the sale of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 last month amid ongoing concerns about the new owner’s ability to pay for decommissioning the reactor that partially melted down in 1979.
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Why Biden should designate a nuclear waste negotiator – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists When President-elect Joe Biden comes to office, there will be a window of opportunity for the United States to make real progress on the management and disposition of nuclear waste. Once envisioned as a permanent waste storage site but now abandoned
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N.Y. Law Spotlights Lost Nuclear Plant Tax Revenue Nationally Towns and cities across the country face the major loss of property taxes as nuclear power plants in their borders are shut down. They may be able to make up some of the loss, however, by taxing the nuclear waste storage property that still sits on
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Illinois AFL-CIO releases updated nuclear impacts report ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – In response to Exelon’s announcement of the premature closure of two of Illinois’ six nuclear plants – Byron and Dresden, the Illinois AFL-CIO released an updated version of the Brattle Group’s Illinois Nuclear Impacts Report. The report highlights the economic losses and environmental impacts
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First-in-the-nation tax on spent nuclear fuel aimed at helping Indian Point communities Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed first-in-the-nation legislation giving the communities around Indian Point the ability to collect taxes on the spent nuclear fuel that will be left behind when the power plant shuts down in April.
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