End of an era | PennLive Editorial
Exelon’s announcement Wednesday that it will shut down TIM-1 on Sept. 30 signals the end of an era. Perhaps this is inevitable, as the nuclear industry has been struggling due to high operating costs, aging facilities, the availability of cheap natural gas and stalled demand for electricity.
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Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative.
Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.