Community-Based Socioeconomic Decommissioning Solutions

Community-Based Socioeconomic Decommissioning Solutions

Just published. 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

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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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Three Mile Island sale clears another hurdle on eve of Biden administration

January 18, 2021

Three Mile Island sale clears another hurdle on eve of Biden administrationThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the sale of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 last month amid ongoing concerns about the new owner’s ability to pay for decommissioning the reactor that partially melted down in 1979.

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Why Biden should designate a nuclear waste negotiator

January 12, 2021

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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N.Y. Law Spotlights Lost Nuclear Plant Tax Revenue Nationally

January 12, 2021

N.Y. Law Spotlights Lost Nuclear Plant Tax Revenue Nationally Towns and cities across the country face the major loss of property taxes as nuclear power plants in their borders are shut down. They may be able to make up some of the loss, however, by taxing the nuclear waste storage property that still sits on […]

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