Think closing power plants is less risky than opening them? That’s a mistake
The following is a contributed article by William Riggins, President and CEO of Pegasus-Global Holdings, a management consulting firm specializing in megaprojects. A major misconception about power plant retirements threatens to burn plant owners. It’s the assumptio n that plant decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) is easier and less-risky than plant construction.
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.