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Assistance to Nuclear Power Host Communities Secured in FY2020 Federal Budget

January 20, 2020 / Blog, News, Planning & Economic Development

ASSISSTANCE TO NUCLEAR POWER HOST COMMUNITIES SECURED IN FY 2020 FEDERAL BUDGET! There is some good news in this year’s federal budget for communities facing the closure of a nuclear power plant. In particular, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) was allocated $15,000,000 to help nuclear closure communities (NCCs) plan for economic recovery in the […]

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Proposed bylaw would regulate truck traffic as Pilgrim Station is torn down

January 20, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development / Pilgrim

Proposed bylaw would regulate truck traffic as Pilgrim Station is torn down Plymouth doesn’t have much oversight of the goings-on at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, but it hopes to exert influence on the comings and goings there. PLYMOUTH – Plymouth doesn’t have much oversight of the goings-on at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, but it hopes

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Life after Oyster Creek: Nuclear waste piles up in Lacey

January 18, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development / Oyster Creek

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Holtec’s Plan To Demolish Indian Point Generates Many Questions

January 18, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development / Indian Point 2 & 3

Holtec’s Plan To Demolish Indian Point Generates Many Questions CORTLANDT, NY – Cortlandt residents concerned about plans to tear down the Indian Point nuclear plants and store the radioactive waste crowded into Buchanan Village Hall this week to hear from Holtec International, the decommissioning company that could become the plants’ new owner. The sale to

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Is The Company Poised To Dismantle Indian Point Too Radioactive?

January 15, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Plant News / Indian Point 2 & 3

Is The Company Poised To Dismantle Indian Point Too Radioactive? When Deb Milone looks at the soon-to-close Indian Point Energy Center, standing sentinel on a promontory above the Hudson River, she sees a future business campus, manufacturing hub, or some other revenue generator. “It’s 90 acres, and it’s a huge amount of tax loss to

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Nuclear Decommissioning panel to NorthStar: Start paying

January 15, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Plant News / Vermont Yankee

Nuclear Decommissioning panel to NorthStar: Start paying BRATTLEBORO – NorthStar Holding Co. should be footing the bill for the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel, rather than the state’s ratepayers, a strong majority of the panel said Monday. In an advisory vote, the panel voted 11-4 in favor of the shift.

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Holtec Projects $2.3 Billion Price Tag for Indian Point Decommissioning

January 2, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Plant News / Indian Point 2 & 3

Holtec Projects $2.3 Billion Price Tag for Indian Point Decommissioning – ExchangeMonitor Holtec International believes it can complete decommissioning of the three nuclear reactors at the Indian Point Energy Center in upstate New York in 12 to 15 years at a cost of $2.3 billion, according to a new filing with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

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Germany takes nuclear plant offline, final six to close over two years

December 31, 2019 / International, News, Planning & Economic Development

Germany takes nuclear plant offline, final six to close over two years Germany will take another step toward completing its withdrawal from nuclear power when EnBW pulls the plug on the Philippsburg 2 power station on New Year’s Eve, leaving half a dozen plants still to close over the next two years.

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Switzerland switches off nuclear plant as it begins exit from atomic power

December 28, 2019 / International, News

Switzerland switches off nuclear plant as it begins exit from atomic power MUEHLEBERG, Switzerland (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Muehleberg nuclear power station went off the grid on Friday after 47 years, marking the end of an era as the shutdown starts the country’s exit from atomic power. The 373-megawatt-capacity plant which opened in 1972 has generated

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German nuclear exit continues as planned with next reactor to close Dec 31

December 28, 2019 / International, News

German nuclear exit continues as planned with next reactor to close Dec 31 London – Germany’s planned phasing out of nuclear power will continue with the closure next Tuesday of the 1.5 GW Philippsburg 2, leaving six reactors with a combined 8 GW online for the next 2-3 years. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts,

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Assistance to Nuclear Power Host Communities Secured in FY2020 Federal Budget

Proposed bylaw would regulate truck traffic as Pilgrim Station is torn down

Life after Oyster Creek: Nuclear waste piles up in Lacey

Holtec’s Plan To Demolish Indian Point Generates Many Questions

Is The Company Poised To Dismantle Indian Point Too Radioactive?

Nuclear Decommissioning panel to NorthStar: Start paying

Holtec Projects $2.3 Billion Price Tag for Indian Point Decommissioning

Germany takes nuclear plant offline, final six to close over two years

Switzerland switches off nuclear plant as it begins exit from atomic power

German nuclear exit continues as planned with next reactor to close Dec 31

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