Vol. 9, No. 16 Now ‘not the time’ to talk to states about consenting to spent fuel storage, DOE waste chief says
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Budget & Policy
Former FirstEnergy execs indicted in ongoing fallout from 2019 bribery scandal
An Ohio grand jury returned numerous indictments Friday against two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives — including ousted CEO Charles “Chuck” Jones — plus the disgraced former head of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. This is the latest fallout from a scandal dating back to 2019 involving two financially struggling Ohio reactors, $60 million in […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
City of Oak Ridge eyes application for $2M DOE community grant
The Oak Ridge, Tenn., City Council is scheduled to vote Monday evening on whether to continue pursuit of a grant worth up to $2 million from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, according to online documents. Should the city win funding from DOE’s Community Capacity Building Grant Program, it plans to establish a […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Oak Ridge airport might run a deficit in fifth year
The Oak Ridge, Tenn., City Airport, to be built on remediated land transferred from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site, could still run a deficit in its fifth year of operation, according to a recent analysis from an aviation consulting firm in Kentucky. Financial performance in the fifth year, when the general aviation airport […]