Risks, rewards accompany speedier cleanup of closed nukes
PLYMOUTH, Mass. – Companies specializing in nuclear demolition and radioactive waste storage are buying up aging U.S. reactors and promising to decommission them in dramatically less time than their utility owners had planned – eight years instead of 60 in some cases.
About The Author
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.