Lake County commissioners urge state officials to consider cost of HB 6 repeal without replacement The Lake County commissioners this week, along with their colleagues from Ottawa County, expressed fervent opposition to any legislative proposal to repeal House Bill 6 without a thoroughly vetted and workable replacement.
Dozens of US nuclear power plants at risk due to climate change: Moody’s Highlights 37 GW of nuclear capacity at risk from flooding 48 GW at risk from heat, water stress Merchant plants have fewer options to recover mitigation costs Washington – Dozens of US nuclear power plants, comprising nearly half the country’s operational nuclear
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State approves faster plan for closed Crystal River nuclear power plant State regulators on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at dramatically speeding up the decontamination and restoration of the site of Duke Energy Florida’s shuttered Crystal River nuclear power plant. The Florida Public Service Commission backed Duke’s plan to enter a $540 million contract with
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Staff: Duke Energy should begin Crystal River plant demolition State regulators will decide Tuesday whether Duke Energy Florida can move ahead with plans to decommission its Crystal River nuclear plant early. But if regulators accept their staff’s recommendation, the utility company won’t need to include extra protections for customers.
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Three Mile Island owner agrees to public decommissioning panel but no financial settlement State regulators have reached a settlement with the owners of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2, the nuclear reactor that partially melted down in 1979, that includes the creation of a decommissioning advisory panel.
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Lacey board postpones Oyster Creek hearing Above: The USA TODAY Network investigates the impacts of closing nuclear power plants. LACEY – Faced with a crowd too large to fit within the municipal building and still comply with state orders on indoor gatherings, the Planning Board postponed a hearing on Monday about nuclear waste storage at
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Three Mile Island decommissioning fight nears end amid lack of local input State regulators are negotiating a settlement with the owners of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2, the storied nuclear reactor that partially melted down in 1979, amid objections over the proposed sale to a third party that would take over its decommissioning.
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Exelon’s Crane says decision on nuke closures looming “We will not run plants and lose free cash flow or earnings on assets that are not supporting themselves,” Crane said. “It’s reality,” he added. “We’ve shut two units down in recent years if we could not see a path to sustainability of those assets in the
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Repeal effort announced for House Bill 6, Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear ‘bailout bill’ OAK HARBOR, Ohio – Roughly 24 hours after Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were arrested and charged with masterminding a $61 million …
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‘The worst-case scenario’: Regulators, watchdogs fear plan to dismantle damaged TMI nuclear reactor It’s been more than 41 years, but Stephen Mohr still remembers how he knew something went wrong at the nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island. “I knew something happened because I went out to get the newspaper and I could smell
