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Oyster Creek: Out with the old nuclear plant, in with a new one? The choices ahead

January 27, 2021 / News, Spent Nuclear Fuel / Oyster Creek

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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Why Biden should designate a nuclear waste negotiator

January 12, 2021 / News, Spent Nuclear Fuel

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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First-in-the-nation tax on spent nuclear fuel aimed at helping Indian Point communities

January 5, 2021 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Spent Nuclear Fuel / Indian Point 2 & 3

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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Premature Nuclear Reactor Retirements Could Effect Nuclear Waste Disposal

December 30, 2020 / News, Spent Nuclear Fuel

Premature Nuclear Reactor Retirements Could Effect Nuclear Waste Disposal Since 2012, 12 commercial reactors have shut down in the U.S., with 27 more planned by 2026, a loss of at least 37,000 MW of capacity and about 5 trillion kWhs from their expected life. The effects may be profound, from a loss of $8 billion

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Oyster Creek Nuclear Waste: Interim Storage Could Change Sites

December 29, 2020 / News, Plant News, Spent Nuclear Fuel / Oyster Creek

Oyster Creek Nuclear Waste: Interim Storage Could Change Sites OCEAN COUNTY, NJ – Holtec International’s plan to increase its spent fuel area at the shutdown Oyster Creek Power Plant created its share of controversy. Some expressed fear the expansion represented the first step in the development of an east coast nuclear waste repository. Officials from

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Taxing Nuclear Waste Discussed

December 8, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Spent Nuclear Fuel / Oyster Creek

Taxing Nuclear Waste Discussed | Jersey Shore Online LACEY – Can nuclear waste be taxed and if so can it benefit the township? A Forked River resident believes that it can and recently brought up news of pending legislation that Township officials could take advantage of. The idea came up during a discussion about the

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Lacey vote leaves Oyster Creek nuke waste in limbo

August 26, 2020 / News, Plant News, Spent Nuclear Fuel / Oyster Creek

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Oyster Creek Won’t Become Repository For Other States: Officials

August 21, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Plant News, Spent Nuclear Fuel / Oyster Creek

Oyster Creek Won’t Become Repository For Other States: Officials LACEY, NJ – As Holtec International applies to expand its spent-fuel storage area at the site of the shuttered Oyster Creek Generating Station, the public has speculated that the decommissioning company intends to make the location a storage site for other closed plants. A member of

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Dozens of US nuclear power plants at risk due to climate change: Moody’s

August 19, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Spent Nuclear Fuel

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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Lacey board postpones Oyster Creek hearing

August 11, 2020 / News, Planning & Economic Development, Spent Nuclear Fuel / Oyster Creek

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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Oyster Creek: Out with the old nuclear plant, in with a new one? The choices ahead

Why Biden should designate a nuclear waste negotiator

First-in-the-nation tax on spent nuclear fuel aimed at helping Indian Point communities

Premature Nuclear Reactor Retirements Could Effect Nuclear Waste Disposal

Oyster Creek Nuclear Waste: Interim Storage Could Change Sites

Taxing Nuclear Waste Discussed

Lacey vote leaves Oyster Creek nuke waste in limbo

Oyster Creek Won’t Become Repository For Other States: Officials

Dozens of US nuclear power plants at risk due to climate change: Moody’s

Lacey board postpones Oyster Creek hearing

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