Vermont Yankee

AREVA Nuclear Materials said Tuesday it had signed a deal to extract and ship the reactor pressure vessel and internal reactor parts at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for prospective plant owner NorthStar Group Services. The New York-based decommissioning specialist hopes by the first quarter of next year to secure state and federal regulatory […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday issued a notice of violation against the owner of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for a onetime employee’s repeated failure to check radiation detection systems. The NRC’s Office of Investigations found that a senior radiation protection technician, who is no longer working at the Entergy plant, from […]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff last week approved the request from power company Entergy to use a facility in Idaho as a backup location for storage of wastewater from the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Staff at the regulator in April issued an environmental assessment that found there would be “no significant impact” in a […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday issued a notice of violation against the owner of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for a onetime employee’s repeated failure to check radiation detection systems. The NRC’s Office of Investigations found that a senior radiation protection technician, who is no longer working at the Entergy plant, from […]

The parties to the planned sale of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station have not proven there is sufficient funding available to carry out the full decommissioning of the shuttered facility, the state of Vermont said this week. In a filing Tuesday with the NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, the state requested intervention and […]

Power provider Entergy on Monday announced the start of the final transfer of spent fuel at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station from wet storage into dry casks. The nuclear power plant closed in December 2014, and Entergy is seeking state and federal regulatory approval to sell it to NorthStar Group Services for decommissioning and […]

A federal judge on May 19 authorized the state of Nevada and nuclear power industry representatives to intervene in Texas’ lawsuit demanding the federal government move ahead expeditiously with a permanent repository for the nation’s nuclear waste. Judge Patrick Higginbotham, of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, did not provide the reasoning for his separate […]

The seller and buyer for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station should not be allowed to change certain commitments for decommissioning and site restoration at the shuttered plant, the nongovernmental New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution said in a motion filed on May 5 with a state regulator. The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) must approve the […]

The seller and buyer for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station should not be allowed to change certain commitments for decommissioning and site restoration at the shuttered plant, the nongovernmental New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution said in a motion filed Friday with a state regulator. The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) must approve the sale […]

The federal civil antitrust trial over the planned merger of radioactive waste management providers Waste Control Specialists and EnergySolutions was scheduled to close today in U.S. District Court for Delaware. In the two-week bench trial, the Department of Justice laid out its case why the $367 million deal would deny competitive benefits to customers for […]

The state of Vermont is calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to withdraw a series of decisions allowing utility Entergy to use money from the decommissioning trust fund for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for management of the plant’s spent fuel. The state government has fought this battle for years, worried about draining funds […]

The state of Vermont is calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to withdraw a series of decisions allowing utility Entergy to use money from the decommissioning trust fund for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for management of the plant’s spent fuel. The state government has fought this battle for years, worried about draining funds […]

NorthStar Group Services could wrap up decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station by 2026. That’s according to a new post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR), which the New York company submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this month. The updated timeline is nearly 50 years earlier than Vermont Yankee owner Entergy had estimated in […]

NorthStar Group Services could wrap up decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station by 2026. That’s according to a new post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR), which the New York company submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission earlier this month. The updated timeline is nearly 50 years earlier than Vermont Yankee owner Entergy had estimated in its […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week notified Entergy that it is ready to carry out a full technical review of the utility’s request to transfer the license for the closed Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to new planned owner NorthStar Group Services. The April 6 letter cites the completion of the agency’s acceptance review of the […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week notified Entergy that it will carry out a full technical review of the utility’s request to transfer the license for the closed Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to new planned owner NorthStar Group Services. The April 6 letter cites the completion of the agency’s acceptance review of the Feb. 9 […]

A senior Nuclear Regulatory Commission official last week said the agency officials aim to participate in a public meeting on the planned sale of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Vermont Yankee closed in December 2014. Owner Entergy now hopes to sell the facility and its decommissioning trust fund to NorthStar Group Services to […]

The parties in a lawsuit seeking to block expansion of the dry-storage pad for spent fuel at the closed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) have agreed to settlement talks, plant majority owner Southern California Edison said Friday. The announcement came one week before the lawsuit from a California watchdog organization was scheduled for a hearing in San […]

The Vermont Public Service Board has authorized 11 entities, from a labor union to several state agencies, to intervene in Entergy’s proposed sale of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to a New York company for expedited decommissioning. The latest, and seemingly last, approved intervenor is the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, on March 24. […]

The Vermont Public Service Board has authorized 11 entities, from a labor union to several state agencies, to intervene in Entergy’s proposed sale of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to a New York company for expedited decommissioning. The latest, and seemingly last, approved intervenor is the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, on March 24. […]

Entergy and the trustee for the decommissioning trust fund for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station expect to withdraw $5.5 million from the account by mid-April, according to a March 13 notice to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “This letter provides the NRC written notification of The Bank of New York Mellon’s intent, upon receipt of […]

Allowing utility Entergy to apply money designated for decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to spent reactor fuel operations at the shuttered facility would create no significant environmental effect, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff said in a recent draft finding. This is the latest development in the battle between the state of Vermont and […]

Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan Jr. on Tuesday vowed to protect state taxpayers by intervening in the Vermont Public Service Board’s review of Entergy’s pending sale of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant to decommissioning specialist NorthStar Group Services. “At first glance, it looks like a good deal if it will get the site […]

Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan Jr. on Tuesday vowed to protect state taxpayers by intervening in the Vermont Public Service Board’s review of Entergy’s pending sale of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant to decommissioning specialist NorthStar Group Services. “At first glance, it looks like a good deal if it will get the site […]

A group representing 13 employees at the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant has filed a motion to intervene in the Vermont Public Service Board’s review of Entergy’s pending sale of the facility to decommissioning specialist NorthStar Group Services. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 300 (IBEW) filed the motion on Monday with […]

U.S. The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station returned to the grid Sunday, following a malfunction with the Massachusetts plant’s condenser system and operator Entergy’s decision to power the facility down ahead of winter storm Niko. The 44-year-old facility, which is due to close in 2019, was reduced to 28 percent power on Feb. 7, after Entergy […]

The Vermont Public Service Board has released a public meeting schedule concerning Entergy’s sale of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Entergy in November agreed to sell Vermont Yankee, which closed in 2014, to New York-based decommissioning specialist NorthStar Group Services. The deal is expected to shorten the timeline to fully decommission the facility […]

Officials from Vermont on Wednesday requested a public meeting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to discuss the potential sale and license transfer of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, as Entergy prepares for decommissioning. The Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel, which consists of local and state officials and lawmakers, penned the letter to NRC Chairwoman Kristine Svinicki. […]

Bill Mohl, president of Entergy’s nuclear power segment, will retire in February after 35 years in the utility business, the company announced last week. Mohl’s departure comes as Entergy continues its exit from the merchant power business, which is operated by Entergy Wholesale Commodities: the company’s nuclear business. Entergy has shifted its focus to growth […]

French multinational nuclear services provider AREVA on Wednesday announced the formation of a new subsidiary to manage its operations in the United States. The move is part of the troubled company’s broader restructuring, in which it is focusing on nuclear fuel cycle work and selling off its reactor business. Sam Shakir, an executive with AREVA […]