Crane Clean Energy Center (TMI)

The Utah House of Representatives this week passed legislation that would reduce radioactive waste disposal fees paid by EnergySolutions by more than $1.7 million annually. The bill from Rep. John Knotwell (R) would cut the flat fee paid by radioactive waste disposal facilities in the state by the amount they paid in taxes in the […]

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is again seeking more information from the Department of Energy as it weighs whether to renew the license for storage of radioactive waste from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant at the Idaho National Laboratory. In March 2017, DOE applied for a 20-year renewal of the license for the […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has requested additional information from the Department of Energy regarding its request for a two decade-year extension to the license for storage of waste from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant at the Idaho National Laboratory. The Energy Department currently has NRC authorization to hold waste from the Pennsylvania plant’s […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has requested additional information from the Department of Energy regarding its request for a two decade-year extension to the license for storage of waste from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant at the Idaho National Laboratory. The Energy Department currently has NRC authorization to hold waste from the Pennsylvania plant’s […]

Power provider Exelon’s clean energy branch, which includes its nuclear power plants, lost $250 million in the second quarter. That was a drastic drop from the $8 million loss Exelon Generation reported for the same three-month period of 2016, according to the company’s earnings update Wednesday. On the upside, courts in Illinois and New York […]

The U.S. Transportation Department would receive the $3 million it requested for fiscal 2018 to continue storing a retired nuclear-powered freighter in Baltimore Harbor as part of a $56.5-billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill the House Appropriations Committee approved Monday. The merchant ship NS Savannah, now moored at Canton Marine Terminal’s Pier 13, was launched in […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting an environmental assessment as part of its review of the Energy Department’s application for a 20-year extension of its license for storage in Idaho of waste from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. “The purpose of the EA is to assess potential environmental impacts that may significantly affect the […]

Exelon last week formally notifed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plans to permanently close the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The company’s Exelon Generation subsidiary on May 30 announced the planned closure of the plant’s reactor Unit 1. Official notice to the agency that regulates commercial nuclear power operations is a […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 9 said it has begun the technical review of the Energy Department’s request for a 20-year license extension for storage in Idaho of debris from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The Energy Department submitted the request by letter on March 6, after which the NRC carried out an acceptance review […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 9 said it has begun the technical review of the Energy Department’s request for a 20-year license extension for storage in Idaho of debris from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The Energy Department submitted the request by letter on March 6, after which the NRC carried out an acceptance review […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday said it has begun the technical review of the Energy Department’s request for a 20-year extension of storage in Idaho of debris from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. DOE submitted the request by letter on March 6, after which the NRC carried out an acceptance review of the […]

Exelon said May 30 that “absent needed policy reforms” it will retire its 837 MW Three Mile Island Generating Station (TMI) near Harrisburg, Penn., by September 30, 2019. Chris Crane, president and chief executive of Exelon, held out the caveat that the reactor could operate beyond that point if Pennsylvania follows the lead of New […]