Commercial Decommissioning

An attempt to wrench back $260 million in aid from Holtec International effectively ended last week when New Jersey’s Supreme Court declined to hear a state appeal of the company’s successful lawsuit. In an order dated Oct. 15, filed Oct. 18 and distributed to media Tuesday, the highest court in New Jersey on said it […]

An attempt to wrench back $260 million in aid from Holtec International effectively ended last week when New Jersey’s Supreme Court declined to hear a state appeal of the company’s successful lawsuit. In an order dated Oct. 15, filed Oct. 18 and distributed to media Tuesday, the highest court in New Jersey on said it […]

As part of a suit filed in April against New York, Holtec International this week asked a federal judge to void a state law that prohibits a company subsidiary from discharging irradiated water from the decommissioning of a nuclear-plant into the Hudson River. The company’s motion for summary judgment against New York, which Holtec said violated […]

As part of a suit filed in April against New York, Holtec International this week asked a federal judge to void a state law that prohibits a company subsidiary from discharging irradiated water from the decommissioning of a nuclear-plant into the Hudson River. The company’s motion for summary judgment against New York, which Holtec said […]

In a final guidance published Monday, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff took advice from EnergySolutions and gave reactor operators more leeway to prove they should be allowed to use decommissioning funds for equipment replacements. However, operators will still be barred from tapping into the funds, which are supposed to be reserved for cleaning up nuclear power […]

In a final guidance published Monday, Nuclear Regulatory Staff took advice from EnergySolutions and gave reactor operators more leeway to prove they should be allowed to use decommissioning funds for equipment replacements. However, operators will still be barred from tapping into the funds, which are supposed to be reserved for cleaning up nuclear power plants […]

Holtec International may not dump wastewater from the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant into Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts said last week. The final decision to deny Holtec a state permit modification for the wastewater discharges had been simmering for about a year. In July 2023, Massachusetts made a tentative determination that Holtec’s permit application, if granted, would […]

Holtec International may not dump wastewater from the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant into Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts said last week.  The final decision to deny Holtec a state permit modification for the wastewater discharges had been simmering for about a year. In July 2023, Massachusetts made a tentative determination that Holtec’s permit […]

Holtec International illegally dumped irradiated wastewater from the Indian Point Nuclear Energy into the Hudson River, violating New York law, the state said Thursday in court papers. “Holtec has been discharging radioactive substances into the Hudson River after August 18, 2023, the effective date of the Discharge Law,” reads a letter to the U.S. District […]

LOUISVILLE, KY— In a five-year span, prospects for the U.S. commercial nuclear power sector have gone from gloomy to upbeat, an executive with the industry group, Nuclear Energy Institute, said here last week. As recently as 2019, up to 20 U.S. reactors, or more than one-fifth of the fleet, were expected to shut down under […]

LOUISVILLE, KY— In a five-year span, prospects for the U.S. commercial nuclear power sector have gone from gloomy to upbeat, an executive with the industry group, Nuclear Energy Institute, said here last week. As recently as 2019, up to 20 U.S. reactors, or more than one-fifth of the fleet, were expected to shut down under […]

The State of New York wants a federal court to affirm and recognize the state’s claim that it can regulate discharge of irradiated wastewater into the Hudson River. Attorneys for the Empire State made the request last week in a response to a lawsuit filed in April by Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., which is decommissioning the […]

Nuclear services and decommissioning provider Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., promoted Kelly Trice to president, one of five promotions from within announced this week. Trice takes the title of president from Holtec International founder and chief executive officer Krishna Singh, who remains CEO and chair of the company’s advisory board. Trice, who has been with Holtec […]

The State of New York wants a federal court to affirm and recognize the state’s claim that it can regulate discharge of irradiated wastewater into the Hudson River. Attorneys for the Empire State made the request last week in a response to a lawsuit filed in April by Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., which is decommissioning […]

Members of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation, including both of its U.S. Senators, in April sent Holtec International CEO Krishna Singh a list of 13 questions, some of them with multiple parts, about the evaporation of irradiated wastewater at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., which the Jupiter, Fla., company is decommissioning.  Locals in Plymouth, […]

Pierre Oneid, formerly with Holtec International, joined EnergySolutions as vice president of business development, the Salt Lake City company said this week. “Pierre’s focus will be to support the development of our new offerings in the nuclear services arena,” Ken Robuck, president and CEO of EnergySolutions, said in a press release announcing the hire. At […]

Pierre Oneid, formerly with Holtec International, joined EnergySolutions as vice president of business development, the Salt Lake City company said this week. “Pierre’s focus will be to support the development of our new offerings in the nuclear services arena,” Ken Robuck, president and CEO of EnergySolutions, said in a press release announcing the hire. At […]

Holtec International last week sued New York over a law the state passed in 2023 that would fine anyone who discharges irradiated wastewater into the Hudson River, a court filing shows. The law constitutes “blatant infringement on the federal government’s exclusive right to regulate the discharge of radioactive materials from nuclear power plants,” Holtec wrote […]

The “long-term policy solutions” for spent nuclear fuel “will require many difficult conversations,” Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) wrote in an op-ed published Sunday in the local Orange County Register. Levin’s district includes the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which shut down in 2013 and which plant owner Southern California Edison is now decommissioning. In his op-ed, […]

Holtec International last week sued New York over a law the state passed in 2023 that would fine anyone who discharges irradiated wastewater into the Hudson River, a court filing shows. The law constitutes “blatant infringement on the federal government’s exclusive right to regulate the discharge of radioactive materials from nuclear power plants,” Holtec wrote […]

The “long-term policy solutions” for spent nuclear fuel “will require many difficult conversations,” Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) wrote in an op-ed published Sunday in the local Orange County Register. Levin’s district includes the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which shut down in 2013 and which plant owner Southern California Edison is now decommissioning. In his […]

The company that was to decommission the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan inappropriately withdrew more than $160 million from the plant’s decommissioning trust fund and did not pay it back, environmental and anti-nuclear activists said Wednesday in a meeting with NRC staff. The activists said Wednesday that they had identified in public reports filed […]

EnergySolutions, Salt Lake City, said Sunday it acquired Cabrera Services, East Hartford, Conn., a radioactive cleanup company that has contracts with the Department of Energy and the Army Corps of Engineers. EnergySolutions announced the news in a press release shared Sunday with the Exchange Monitor. The release did not specify the financial terms of the acquisition. […]

EnergySolutions, Salt Lake City, said Sunday it acquired Cabrera Services, East Hartford, Conn., a radioactive cleanup company that has contracts with the Department of Energy and the Army Corps of Engineers. EnergySolutions announced the news in a press release shared Sunday with the Exchange Monitor. The release did not specify the financial terms of the […]

Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., broke Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules between 2021 and 2023 by using money from the Palisades Nuclear Plant’s decommissioning trust fund for expenses unrelated to decommissioning the plant, the commission said last week. Holtec spent $57,000 from the fund on “restart activities” and “community events/support activities,” according to an NRC inspection report […]

The Department of Energy cannot make utilities pay for storage of spent nuclear fuel with interest from their own decommissioning trust funds, a federal judge ruled this month. DOE had argued in the Court of Federal Claims that it should not have to pay $149 million in damages to three former power plant operators in […]

The head of a local government in the United Kingdom said she will not support a deep geologic disposal facility for nuclear waste, the BBC reported this week. Anne Handley, leader of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said she does not want to talk to the U.K. government-owned Nuclear Waste Services about building a […]

After nearly a decade, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff on Jan. 31 turned over to the commissioners a final recommendation for a new nuclear power plant decommissioning rule, according to a recent letter. The rule could be ready before summer is over, an NRC spokesperson wrote Tuesday in an email to the Exchange Monitor. “The staff projects […]

After nearly a decade, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff on Jan. 31 turned over to the commissioners a final recommendation for a new nuclear power plant decommissioning rule, according to a recent letter. The rule could be ready before summer is over, an NRC spokesperson wrote Tuesday in an email to the Exchange Monitor. “The staff […]

New Jersey last week asked the state’s highest court to review a lower court’s ruling that Holtec International should keep the $260 million in tax credits the company got in 2014. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin filed a petition with the New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday, local media reported. The supreme court had […]