Decommissioning

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission thanked Massachusetts’s senior senator for outlining his reservations about a proposed agency rulemaking aimed at streamlining the decommissioning process for nuclear power plants, according to a recent letter. “We appreciate and share your interest in ensuring that the NRC has a safe, effective and efficient decommissioning process for nuclear power plants,” […]

A Massachusetts state legislator is pushing to get a proposed study on the possible effects of discharging a shuttered nuclear power plant’s irradiated wastewater into an economic development bill under consideration in Boston, a spokesperson said recently. State Sen. Susan Moran (D), who represents Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station’s host community in Boston, has proposed establishing […]

The recent effort to keep California’s last operating nuclear power plant online enjoys bipartisan support among voters in the Golden State, according to a university poll published Friday. Among registered voters in California, 56% said that they support keeping Diablo Canyon Power Plant online five years past its scheduled 2025 shutdown date, according to polling […]

The Department of Energy could soon announce which nuclear power plant operators will receive the first round of payouts in the agency’s multi-billion dollar civil nuclear credits program. Thursday marked one month since the Sep. 6 application deadline for DOE’s roughly $6 billion bailout scheme. A spokesperson for DOE told RadWaste Monitor via email Thursday […]

A Michigan state representative sponsoring legislation to support developing nuclear power in the Great Lake State said this week that a recently-closed nuclear facility should be part of such a push. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) support for a proposal to restart Palisades Nuclear Generating Station using cash from a Department of Energy bailout is “really […]

The company in charge of dismantling a Wisconsin nuclear power plant will soon begin actually taking the facility apart, the company’s chief operating officer said this week. The first phase of the decommissioning process, which will include activities such as site configuration and the first non-radioactive building demolition should begin at Kewaunee “in the months […]

As it prepares a second round of funding under a program aimed at propping up the aging U.S. nuclear fleet, the Department of Energy said in draft guidelines last week that the upcoming bailouts need not be limited to plants facing imminent closure. The second round of DOE’s civil nuclear credits program “does not restrict […]

A Michigan state representative sponsoring legislation to support developing nuclear power in the Great Lake State said Tuesday that a recently-closed nuclear facility should be part of such a push. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) support for a proposal to restart Palisades Nuclear Generating Station using cash from a Department of Energy bailout is “really good,” […]

The company in charge of decommissioning a former Massachusetts nuclear power plant said this week that, if it decides to follow through on a controversial plan to release irradiated wastewater from the facility, it will do so early next year. The earliest time “under consideration” for discharging water from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station would be […]

The company in charge of decommissioning a former Vermont nuclear power plant aims to load and store the last of the facility’s low-level waste next month, according to a statement from its CEO this week. NorthStar, which is in the process of dismantling Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, “anticipates being able to load the Greater […]

The company in charge of decommissioning a former Vermont nuclear power plant aims to load and store the last of the facility’s low-level waste next month, according to a Wednesday statement from its CEO. NorthStar, which is in the process of dismantling Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, “anticipates being able to load the Greater than […]

The company in charge of decommissioning a former Massachusetts nuclear power plant said Monday night that, if it decides to follow through on a controversial plan to release irradiated wastewater from the facility, it will do so early next year. The earliest time “under consideration” for discharging water from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station would be […]

A citizens’ advisory panel was scheduled Monday to discuss a controversial proposal that would see irradiated wastewater from a shuttered Massachusetts power plant discharged into the Cape Cod Bay, according to a meeting agenda. Holtec International, which is currently decommissioning the Plymouth, Mass., Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, is set to provide the community-led nuclear decommissioning […]

Members of the public this week weighed in on a proposal to bring a recently-shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant back online during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting. During the meeting Thursday evening NRC was set to receive public comments on Palisades Nuclear Generating Station’s post-decommissioning shutdown activities report (PSDAR), an action plan required for dismantling […]

California’s last operating nuclear power plant, slated for closure until recently, produced nearly a tenth of California’s total electricity supply last year, the government’s independent energy auditor said this week. Diablo Canyon Power Plant generated more than 16,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity, around 8%, of California’s 2021 electricity reserves, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has completed deactivation of Building 235-F at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, according to an agency press release Thursday.  Decommissioning should be finished in fiscal 2030, William (Ike) White, the office’s acting head, also said this month in a letter to a federal nuclear safety […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management expects decommissioning for Building 235-F at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to be finished in fiscal 2030, William (Ike) White, the office’s acting head, said. Current remediation efforts focus on removing hazardous material from the facility, where deactivation started in July 2019, White said in […]

California’s last operating nuclear power plant, slated for closure until recently, produced nearly a tenth of California’s total electricity supply last year, the government’s independent energy auditor said Monday. Diablo Canyon Power Plant generated more than 16,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity, around 8%, of California’s 2021 electricity reserves, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was scheduled this week to host a public meeting to discuss decommissioning plans for a recently-shuttered nuclear power plant in Michigan, according to the agency’s schedule. The NRC meeting, which will be held in-person Thursday at Lake Michigan College in South Haven, Mich., will allow members of the public to comment […]

The Department of Energy may notify the first awardees in its multi-billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout in early fall, an agency spokesperson said this week. DOE, which stopped accepting applications Sep. 6 for its roughly $6 billion civil nuclear credits program, “will announce any conditional awards as soon as 30 days after the deadline,” an agency […]

The fate of a recently-shuttered nuclear power plant in Michigan is in the Department of Energy’s hands this week after the company tasked with decommissioning the site announced that it had applied for a federal bailout to explore restarting the facility. Holtec International, which currently owns Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, told RadWaste Monitor Sunday that, […]

The Department of Energy may notify the first awardees in its multi-billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout in early fall, an agency spokesperson said Tuesday. DOE, which stopped accepting applications Sep. 6 for its roughly $6 billion civil nuclear credits program, “will announce any conditional awards as soon as 30 days after the deadline,” an agency spokesperson […]

The governor of Michigan late last week announced that the company in charge of decommissioning a recently-shuttered nuclear power plant had applied for a federal bailout to restart the facility, according to a press release. Holtec International, which officially took ownership of Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in June from former operator Entergy, has submitted a […]

The owner of California’ last operating nuclear power plant last week bid for a chunk of federal bailout cash to help the facility’s twin reactors running, a utility spokesperson said this week. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Sep. 2 applied for a portion of the $6 billion in civilian nuclear power credits administered by the […]

Operators of financially-troubled nuclear power plants are out of time to apply for the first round of federal bailouts through the Department of Energy’s civil nuclear credits program. Tuesday was the deadline for the first $1.2 billion funding cycle under DOE’s nuclear credits program, unveiled as part of the White House’s November bipartisan infrastructure bill. […]

The owner of California’ last operating nuclear power plant last week bid for a chunk of federal bailout cash to help the facility’s twin reactors running, a utility spokesperson said Wednesday. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) on Friday applied for a portion of the $6 billion in civilian nuclear power credits administered by the federal […]

Operators of financially-troubled nuclear power plants are about out of time to apply for the first round of federal bailouts through the Department of Energy’s civil nuclear credits program. Tuesday is the deadline for the first $1.2 billion funding cycle under DOE’s nuclear credits program, unveiled as part of the White House’s November bipartisan infrastructure […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) late last week signed a bill aimed at keeping the Golden State’s last operating nuclear plant online into the next decade, his office said. The legislation, which Newsom signed into law Friday afternoon, authorizes the California Department of Water Resources to loan Diablo Canyon Power Plant operators Pacific Gas & […]

The U.S. Navy has said that it would like to ship the country’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to a commercial shipyard for dismantlement rather than use its own resources to do the job, according to a recent draft environmental impact statement. “The workforce of the public shipyards of the Navy has been under tremendous pressure […]

As the California legislature this week passed a billion-dollar bailout to keep the state’s last operating nuclear power plant running through the next decade, opponents of the proposal are sounding the alarm about the safety and transparency of such action. Representatives from anti-nuclear groups such as Beyond Nuclear, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace and […]