Nuclear panel to shift some costs to NorthStar BRATTLEBORO – Members of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel gave conceptual approval Monday to changes in its enabling legislation that would transfer some of the costs of the panel to the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear site.
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Hen Hud Already Feeling Financial Effect of Indian Point Closure One of the two remaining nuclear units at Indian Point isn’t closing until April, but the Hendrick Hudson School District is already experiencing a financial aftershock. “Reality is setting in,” Hendrick Hudson Superintendent of Schools Joseph Hochreiter remarked last week at a joint meeting of
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Shuttered nuclear Power station warns of layoffs PLYMOUTH – Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station – which stopped generating power in May 2019 after more than 46 years – plans to lay off 60 to 70 employees in April as decommissioning continues. The power plant filed notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act last week with
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Opponents drop challenge to Ohio’s House Bill 6, which funds nuclear bailout Opponents of a ratepayer-funded bailout of a pair of nuclear power plants in Ohio have dropped their challenge. House Bill 6 creates a pair of funds to support nuclear energy plants and some solar power facilities in the Buckeye State. Ohioans Against Corporate
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For a copy of the bill, click here. Bill would create citizens advisory panel on decommissioning nuclear plants A new bill would create a citizens advisory panel for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. Democratic State Representative Jon Hoadley introduced the bill. That’s after the announced closing of the Palisades Nuclear Power plant in West
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Ready or not, Springfield preps for an energy-industry rumble For decades, major energy initiatives in Illinois have run through two gatekeepers-House Speaker Michael Madigan and Commonwealth Edison. Springfield is preparing to test whether it can fundamentally alter the state’s energy future with those two political powerhouses sidelined. “We have a lot of work to do-and
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NRC Is Reviewing Application To Transfer Indian Point For Decommissioning The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing an application from Entergy Nuclear Operations to transfer Indian Point licenses to another company for decommissioning. The application has kicked off a public comment period and the opportunity to request a hearing. In April, Holtec and Entergy agreed that
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State AG Cites ‘Multiple, Grave Concerns’ Over Indian Point Nuclear Plant Decommissioning New York State Attorney General Letitia James has expressed “multiple, grave concerns” about the decommissioning of Indian Point Energy Center in Westchester. On Thursday, Jan. 23, it was announced that the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepted an application from the owner of Indian
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Lawmakers seek safeguards on nuclear plant decommissioning Despite the objections of Attorney General Maura Healey, the Baker administration and local advocacy groups, federal regulators approved the transfer of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station license to a company that plans to decommission the plant on an “accelerated basis.”
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The 8-year project to dismantle the San Onofre nuclear plant is about to begin Seven years after the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station officially went offline, the eight-year process of physically dismantling the plant and knocking down the domes that have loomed over the landscape of Camp Pendleton for four decades is about to begin.
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