Vol. 12, No. 22

Decommissioning

Duke Hires Contractor to Speed Decommissioning of Crystal River Reactor

Duke Energy on Thursday said it had awarded a $540 million contract for expedited decommissioning of its retired Crystal River nuclear power plant in Florida. The Charlotte, N.C.-based power company now anticipates decontamination, disassembly, and teardown operations will wrap up by 2027, decades earlier than the prior projected end date of 2074. Pending state and […]
  • Decommissioning

    Pilgrim Plant Prepares to Shut Down

    By John Stang The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts was preparing to permanently shut down Friday, ahead of what its owner and prospective buyer hope will be a rapid decommissioning. “#FYI Tomorrow, Friday, May 31, control room operators at @PilgrimNuclear Power Station will shut down the reactor for the final time,” Entergy tweeted on […]

  • Decommissioning

    California Coastal Commission Staff Recommends SONGS Decommissioning Permit

    Staff at the California Coastal Commission are recommending approval of a permit needed for major decommissioning operations to begin at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in San Diego County. However, approval by the commission’s voting members would be dependent on SONGS’ owners agreeing to nearly 20 special conditions, if the staff recommendations are […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    Remediation Begins on University of Washington Cesium Spill

    A pair of contractors have started cleaning up a University of Washington building contaminated weeks ago by cesium-137, but there is no timetable for finishing the job or reoccupying the Seattle facility. The contractors are International Isotopes, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Chase Environmental, of Louisville, Ky. They are assisting the Washington state Department of Health, […]

  • Decommissioning

    Zion Decommissioning Trust Has $15.2M Shortfall, NRC Says

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants a subsidiary of nuclear services provider EnergySolutions to explain an apparent $15.2 million shortfall in the decommissioning trust fund for the Zion Nuclear Power Station in Illinois. ZionSolutions is the NRC licensee for the retired two-reactor facility while it carries out decommissioning for owner Exelon Generation Corp. In its […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Waste Control Specialists Could Get Legislative Break on Charges, Fees

    The Texas Legislature last week approved a bill that would delay by two years select charges and fees for operation of Waste Control Specialists’ (WCS) radioactive waste disposal facility. Two amendments from Rep. Alfonso Nevárez (D) were attached on May 22 to a state bill on domestic violence, which was passed in April by the […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up: Politics to Blame for Standstill on Yucca Mountain, Senator Says

    Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wy.) on Wednesday placed blame squarely on Democrats for the ongoing freeze in licensing and then building a nuclear waste repository under Yucca Mountain, Nev. “The project boasts support in Nye County, where Yucca Mountain is located. So why hasn’t it moved forward? Politics,” Barrasso wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. […]

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