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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.

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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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Recent News

Local communities struggle with closures as Indian Point shuts down

May 12, 2021

Local communities struggle with closures as Indian Point shuts downA nuclear plant closure can leave a deep hole in local finances, thousands of well paid, highly skilled workers out of a job and retiring or migrating to other parts of the country, and cause a rise in respiratory problems as pollutant-spewing alternatives are brought online […]

Palisades Power Plant employees prepare for last year on the job

May 10, 2021

Palisades Power Plant employees prepare for last year on the job COVERT – In less than 400 days, Palisades Power Plant in Covert will stop producing nuclear power. But activities at the plant will be far from over. The plant will close for operation by May 31, 2022, but then the decommissioning process will begin. […]

Can Plant Closures Be an Industry Engagement Opportunity?

May 6, 2021

Can Plant Closures Be an Industry Engagement Opportunity?   Article from the May 2021 Issue of Nuclear News published by the American Nuclear Society.

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