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The Vermont Public Service Department has scheduled a number of depositions as part of the state’s ongoing review of the sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The sale of the shuttered facility from power company Entergy to NorthStar Group Services for decommissioning requires approval both from the Vermont Public Utility Commission and the […]

The Vermont Public Service Department has scheduled a number of depositions as part of the state’s ongoing review of the sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The sale of the shuttered facility from power company Entergy to NorthStar Group Services for decommissioning requires approval both from the Vermont Public Utility Commission and the […]

Power company Entergy has notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plan to withdraw up to $4.5 million from the trust fund for decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The disbursement from Bank of New York Mellon would occur 30 days after the date of the Aug. 15 letter from Entergy, which was posted […]

Entergy has notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plan to withdraw up to $4.5 million from the trust fund for decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The disbursement from Bank of New York Mellon would occur 30 days after the date of the Aug. 15 letter from Entergy, which was posted Tuesday […]

The Vermont Public Utility Commission is giving extra time to the town where the now-retired Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is located to file testimony on the station’s proposed sale from Entergy to NorthStar Group Services. The PUC on Tuesday agreed to the request from the town of Vernon’s Planning and Development Commission for two additional […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Aug. 16 that it has completed its inspection of the dry cask storage facilities at Entergy’s retired Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and found no significant safety concerns. The NRC in May and June inspected work on the second independent spent fuel storage installation being built at the plant. Inspectors observed […]

By Wayne Barber Entergy CEO Leo Denault said this week the company is determined to “finish strong” as it winds down operations at its non-utility nuclear power plants including the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. “With critical decisions behind us, our strategy to execute a planned orderly exit of our Merchant business remains on […]

By Wayne Barber Entergy’s efforts to sell the retired Vermont Yankee nuclear plant after its retirement could set a pattern for the nuclear power plant operator, Chairman and CEO Leo Denault said Wednesday. “As we move toward the complete wind-down of our merchant operations we will continue to look for opportunities to divest our nuclear […]

Power provider Exelon’s clean energy branch, which includes its nuclear power plants, lost $250 million in the second quarter. That was a drastic drop from the $8 million loss Exelon Generation reported for the same three-month period of 2016, according to the company’s earnings update Wednesday. On the upside, courts in Illinois and New York […]

AREVA Nuclear Materials said Tuesday it had signed a deal to extract and ship the reactor pressure vessel and internal reactor parts at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for prospective plant owner NorthStar Group Services. The New York-based decommissioning specialist hopes by the first quarter of next year to secure state and federal regulatory […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a regulatory conference for Thursday, July 13, to discuss a preliminary “Greater than Green” safety finding at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. Plant operator Entergy requested the meeting to provide its perspective on the finding, which involves its apparent failure to monitor or maintain a valve installed in […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a regulatory conference for Thursday, July 13, to discuss a preliminary “Greater than Green” safety finding at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. Plant operator Entergy requested the meeting to provide its perspective on the finding, which involves its apparent failure to monitor or maintain a valve installed in […]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff last week approved the request from power company Entergy to use a facility in Idaho as a backup location for storage of wastewater from the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Staff at the regulator in April issued an environmental assessment that found there would be “no significant impact” in a […]

Exelon last week formally notifed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plans to permanently close the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The company’s Exelon Generation subsidiary on May 30 announced the planned closure of the plant’s reactor Unit 1. Official notice to the agency that regulates commercial nuclear power operations is a […]

The parties to the planned sale of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station have not proven there is sufficient funding available to carry out the full decommissioning of the shuttered facility, the state of Vermont said this week. In a filing Tuesday with the NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, the state requested intervention and […]

A federal judge on May 19 authorized the state of Nevada and nuclear power industry representatives to intervene in Texas’ lawsuit demanding the federal government move ahead expeditiously with a permanent repository for the nation’s nuclear waste. Judge Patrick Higginbotham, of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, did not provide the reasoning for his separate […]

By Wayne Barber The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in a ruling earlier this month, held that an Entergy subsidiary is due more than $560,000 in spent fuel “characterization” costs from the U.S Energy Department. The court had already awarded utility Entergy Gulf States total damages exceeding $47.5 million for site modifications, additional security, and […]

Nonbinding votes throughout Cape Cod, Mass., this spring demonstrated strong support for moving spent reactor fuel at the nearby Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from wet to dry storage, an anti-nuclear advocacy group said this week. Residents in 14 communities in the region were asked whether their town government should urge Gov. Charlie Baker “to employ […]

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is providing energy again following a final refueling ahead of its scheduled closure two years from now, operator Entergy said Monday. The 45-year-old Massachusetts nuclear plant was removed from the grid in early April and reconnected at 1:52 a.m. Monday, according to an Energy press release. This was its 21st refueling. “Entergy […]

By Wayne Barber Power provider Entergy is wrestling with regulatory issues for the spent fuel pool at its Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in its latest quarterly report for the Massachusetts facility. Entergy has announced plans to retire the 680-megawatt Pilgrim reactor by June 1, 2019, primarily due to continued low […]

The seller and buyer for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station should not be allowed to change certain commitments for decommissioning and site restoration at the shuttered plant, the nongovernmental New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution said in a motion filed on May 5 with a state regulator. The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) must approve the […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that further action is not immediately necessary to ensure safe operations of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. The finding follows a supplemental inspection that ended this year following three NRC site visits to the nuclear plant. “The NRC determined that programs and processes at PNPS adequately support […]

The seller and buyer for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station should not be allowed to change certain commitments for decommissioning and site restoration at the shuttered plant, the nongovernmental New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution said in a motion filed Friday with a state regulator. The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) must approve the sale […]

Chicago-based power provider Exelon’s adjusted income and diluted earnings per share dipped in the first quarter, which the company capped off by completing its acquisition of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York state. Net income, on a non-generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, fell from $632 million in first-quarter 2016 to […]

Chicago-based power provider Exelon’s adjusted income and diluted earnings per share dipped in the first quarter, which the company capped off by completing its acquisition of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York state. Net income, on a non-generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, fell from $632 million in first-quarter 2016 to […]

The state of Vermont is calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to withdraw a series of decisions allowing utility Entergy to use money from the decommissioning trust fund for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for management of the plant’s spent fuel. The state government has fought this battle for years, worried about draining funds […]

NorthStar Group Services could wrap up decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station by 2026. That’s according to a new post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR), which the New York company submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission earlier this month. The updated timeline is nearly 50 years earlier than Vermont Yankee owner Entergy had estimated in its […]

A group of surfers wearing hazardous materials protection outfits were scheduled Friday afternoon to protest expansion of nuclear waste storage at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California. The protest is scheduled for 1 p.m. local time at the San Diego Superior Court Hall of Justice, according to a press announcement from the nongovernmental […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week notified Entergy that it will carry out a full technical review of the utility’s request to transfer the license for the closed Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to new planned owner NorthStar Group Services. The April 6 letter cites the completion of the agency’s acceptance review of the Feb. 9 […]

A senior Nuclear Regulatory Commission official last week said the agency officials aim to participate in a public meeting on the planned sale of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Vermont Yankee closed in December 2014. Owner Entergy now hopes to sell the facility and its decommissioning trust fund to NorthStar Group Services to […]