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After the Servers Go Dark

Guest commentary in the Daily Yonder advising those who are considering hosting data centers to learn from the experiences of nuclear power host communities. 

Our summary report: How Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Can Inform the Energy Transition

Summary of lessons learned from our three-years worth of work with the  U.S. Economic Development Administration.

Check out our recent publication in The Electricity Journal

New Life at Old Plants: Exploring Solar Power Development at Former Nuclear Power Plant Sites in the United States

Achieving Better Outcomes Through Collaboration

The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative is a resource for decommissioning best practices and information. We are a non-partisan non-profit dedicated to providing decommissioning stakeholders with accurate and objective information to promote effective nuclear plant decommissioning and community revitalization.

Next Steps for Decommissioned Plants

Nuclear power plants can pump millions of dollars into local economies, but with more than 20 plants scheduled to close, how will these largely rural communities cope with this loss of revenue? We took a look at this issue in a recent article for The Daily Yonder.

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Southeastern Massachusetts residents protest plan to dispose of nuclear wastewater

September 27, 2022

Southeastern Mass. residents protest plan to dispose of nuclear wastewaterPeople who live in southeastern Massachusetts are vowing to block a proposal that they insist would be illegal and hazardous: to dump up to 1.1 million gallons of radioactive wastewater that is left over from Plymouth’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into Cape Cod Bay.A rally was […]

DOE Unveils Next Steps for Nuclear Waste Consent-Based Siting Process

September 25, 2022

DOE Unveils Next Steps for Nuclear Waste Consent-Based Siting Process The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated community outreach to facilitate consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), and interim storage facility siting. The effort, outlined in a series of steps the DOE expects to take in response to a recent request for public […]

Forum on Palisades Nuclear Plant’s ‘decommissioning’ turns into debate over restarting reactor

September 25, 2022

Forum on Palisades Nuclear Plant’s ‘decommissioning’ turns into debate over restarting reactor SOUTH HAVEN, MI — A forum scheduled to talk about the long-term dismantling of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant turned into a debate over a recently touted plan to restart the reactor. Two dozen people commented during the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s meeting to […]

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