Commercial Decommissioning

Concerns over Holtec’s ability to finance the decommissioning of the Palisades nuclear plant, currently owned by Entergy Corp., rang loud at a public meeting held Tuesday afternoon to discuss the two companies’ request to swap ownership of the plant.  Holtec plans to submit the application in December. The plant is scheduled to operate into 2022. […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting today to discuss the transfer of the Michigan-based Palisades nuclear plant license from Entergy Corp. to Holtec Intl. for decommissioning.  Palisades is scheduled to shut down on May 31, 2022: a couple years later than the original shutdown date of 2018. The companies agreed to the sale […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday greenlighted the transfer of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 license to EnergySolutions subsidiary TMI-2 Solutions from FirstEnergy Companies for decommissioning.  Three Mile Island’s Unit 2, located 10 miles from Pennsylvania’s capital city of Harrisburg, shut down in 1979 after its core partially melted down in the biggest accident in […]

In a statement before Thanksgiving, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s long-telegraphed approval of the sale of Entergy’s Indian Point nuclear plant to Holtec Decommissioning.  “Cleaning up Indian Point will be complicated and expensive, and for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to act without considering New York’s request for a hearing is […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday greenlighted the transfer of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 license to EnergySolutions subsidiary TMI-2 Solutions from FirstEnergy Companies for decommissioning.  Three Mile Island’s Unit 2, located 10 miles from Pennsylvania’s capital city of Harrisburg, shut down in 1979 after its core partially melted down in the biggest accident in […]

In a statement before Thanksgiving, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s long-telegraphed approval of the sale of Entergy’s Indian Point nuclear plant to Holtec Decommissioning.  “Cleaning up Indian Point will be complicated and expensive, and for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to act without considering New York’s request for a hearing is […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will approve the sale of the NYC-area Indian Point power plant from Entergy Corp. to Holtec Decommissioning International. The NRC is expected to issue an order Monday allowing Entergy to transfer the plant’s license to the New Jersey-based decommissioning company for dismantling, according to NRC documents.  Entergy agreed in February 2019 […]

One of the heads of the advisory group overseeing the decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee power plant wants to retract the group’s endorsement to send the plant’s spent fuel to an interim storage facility.  Vice Chair Lissa Weinmann doesn’t believe a letter signed in 2015 by the board’s former chair is representative of the current […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will approve the sale of the NYC-area Indian Point power plant from Entergy Corp. to Holtec Decommissioning International. The NRC is expected to issue an order Monday allowing Entergy to transfer the plant’s license to the New Jersey-based decommissioning company for dismantling, according to NRC documents.  Entergy agreed in February 2019 […]

Brian Ellis will join Entergy’s board of directors, expanding its size to 11.  Ellis is the senior vice president and general counsel at Washington, D.C.-based Danaher Corp., a global science and technology innovation company. Before Danaher, Ellis served as vice president and general counsel at Medtronic.  Last week, New Orleans-based Entergy announced that its third-quarter […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday declined to grant a hearing in the Indian Point license transfer as requested by concerned New York congressional representatives. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and New York members of Congress sent a second letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week asking for a hearing before the […]

U.S. Representative Mike Levin (D-CA) has introduced that would require NRC inspectors to remain at decommissioning nuclear power plants until all spent fuel is transferred from pools to canisters. The proposed law, introduced Oct. 23, is Levin’s response to “failures” at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) located around four miles south of San […]

Entergy is in conversations with the NRC and could close on its transfer of the three-unit Indian Point Energy Center license by the middle of 2021, a spokesman said in an earnings call Wednesday. NRC spokesman Scott Burnell told RadWaste Monitor in an email on Monday the commission is on track to complete its review […]

Entergy is in conversations with the NRC and could close on its transfer of the three-unit Indian Point Energy Center license by the middle of 2021, a spokesman said in an earnings call Wednesday. NRC spokesman Scott Burnell told Weapons Complex Morning Briefing in an email on Monday the commission is on track to complete […]

U.S. Representative Mike Levin (D-CA) has introduced that would require NRC inspectors to remain at decommissioning nuclear power plants until all spent fuel is transferred from pools to canisters. The proposed law, introduced Friday, is Levin’s response to “failures” at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) located around four miles south of San Clemente, […]

Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and New York members of Congress sent a second letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week asking for a hearing before the Indian Point Energy Center license transfer application. The lawmakers first asked for a hearing in January, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) hasn’t yet decided […]

The group overseeing the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts this week passed the only motion enough members were able to agree on: that current voting rules don’t allow the group to agree on anything.  In order to pass a motion, the 21-seat Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (NDCAP) currently needs 11 members to vote […]

Exelon Corp. is considering selling its nuclear plants, Bloomberg reports.  The business wire reported Monday afternoon that sources close to the energy company say it’s considering selling some of its non-utility assets, but a final decision hasn’t been made. “As we most recently communicated on our second quarter earnings call, we regularly review our corporate […]

Republican Illinois State Rep. Tom Demmer, determined to save Exelon’s Byron Generating Station from closure, launched a website last week to gin up support for state subsidies to stop the plant from closing next fall.  Exelon announced plans to close the Byron and Dresden Generating Stations in late August, calling them “uneconomic” and plagued by […]

Exelon Corp. is considering selling its nuclear plants, Bloomberg reports.  The business wire reported Monday afternoon that sources close to the energy company say it’s considering selling some of its non-utility assets, but a final decision hasn’t been made. “As we most recently communicated on our second quarter earnings call, we regularly review our corporate […]

Republican Illinois State Rep. Tom Demmer, determined to save Exelon’s Byron Generating Station from closure, launched a website last week to gin up support for state subsidies to stop the plant from closing next fall.  Exelon announced plans to close the Byron and Dresden Generating Stations in late August, calling them “uneconomic” and plagued by […]

A California activist group wants federal money to fund cancer research in communities living near power plants — an effort suggested by the National Academy of Sciences years ago but ultimately dropped by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission due to cost. The petition is organized by the Samuel Lawrence Foundation, a Del Mar, Calif., nonprofit that’s […]

US Ecology will post expected sales of $237.85 million this quarter, MarketBeat reports. Zacks analysts project the company’s earnings — expected to come out Nov. 4 — will hit at least $235 million and at most $240 million in the third quarter, around 42% more than the same quarter last year.  AECOM Chief Operating Officer […]

A California activist group wants federal money to fund cancer research in communities living near power plants — an effort suggested by the National Academy of Sciences years ago but ultimately dropped by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission due to cost. The petition is organized by the Samuel Lawrence Foundation, a Del Mar, Calif., nonprofit that’s […]

Voters in Eastham, Massachusetts, the site of the decommissioned Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, voted overwhelmingly in favor of asking Gov. Charlie Baker to amp up security at the plant.  In a local election held Tuesday, over one-fifth of the less-than-5,000 person town agreed to “direct the local government to request that Governor Baker and the […]

Citizens of Eastham, Massachusetts, site of the decommissioned Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, will vote today on whether to ask Gov. Charlie Baker to amp up security at the plant.  The plant was shut down by Entergy, its former owner, in May 2019. Holtec International purchased the plant three months later to decommission it. The ballot […]

FirstEnergy Corp. and Energy Harbor can continue lobbying the Ohio legislature while lawmakers decide what to do with a controversial nuclear bail-out bill before it goes into effect in January, a judge ruled Friday, striking down a lawsuit filed by Attorney General David Yost. The judge said a ban on political spending would be a […]

By John Stang Since a COVID-19 outbreak during a reactor outage in May, social distancing and wearing masks to slow the spread of the disease have cut down on colds and other communicable illnesses among temporary workers used for reactor maintenance, an industry expert said this week.  ”We’ve seen a much healthier population on an […]

A New York congresswoman announced a $3 million relief package for the site of the soon-to-be-decommissioned Indian Point Energy Center in New York to help revitalize the local economy on Wednesday. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) plans to use the funding to create a new educational recreation facility on the Hudson River, roads and a water […]

The Florida Public Service Commission approved a $540 million fixed-price contract between Duke Energy and Accelerated Decommissioning Partners for the decommissioning of the Crystal River nuclear plant in Florida on Thursday.  Accelerated Decommissioning Partners is a joint venture between NorthStar Group Services and Orano USA.  The contract approval marks the final step in the regulatory […]