Life after Oyster Creek: Nuclear waste piles up in Lacey
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Holtec’s Plan To Demolish Indian Point Generates Many Questions
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?
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
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
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
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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The Future Of Pilgrim Power Plant
The Future Of Pilgrim Power Plant The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station closed May 31, ended nuclear power generation in Massachusetts. While the doors of the plant have closed, many questions about its future remain. Here to bring us up to date and help us look forward is WBUR environmental editor Barbara Moran.
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Feds, Developers Seek Second Life for Former Nuclear Plants — Bloomberg Environment
Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island nuclear plant on March 26, 2019. The plant closed in September, 40 years after it was the site of a partial meltdown. Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Sylvia Carignan, Reporter — Dec. 12, 2019, 5:01 PM Decommissioned nuclear power plants are an untapped but
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Social transition and why it matters in coal mine closure
Social transition and why it matters in coal mine closure On one level, it’s easy to call for an immediate end to coal mining. The industry is notoriously harmful for the environment, with the International Energy Agency reporting that coal-fired power plants were responsible for 30% of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2018, and emissions
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Plymouth keeps unified tax rate. Rate goes down, taxes go up.
Plymouth keeps unified tax rate. Rate goes down, taxes go up. Plymouth’s tax rate is going down, but values and taxes are increasing. PLYMOUTH – The tax rate has gone down, but values and taxes are increasing. The average residential tax bill for Fiscal Year 2020, which begins July 1, will increase approximately $240, according
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