While expected to favor fossil fuels, the relatively neutral study embraces the generally accepted fact that natural gas is forcing coal and nuclear plant retirements.
Without help from the state or federal governments, the money-losing Three Mile Island will join a growing list of nuclear plants slated for closure since 2013.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Jan. 9 announced that the Indian Point nuclear power plant, sited about 30 miles north of New York City, will close by 2021.
Florida Power & Light (FPL) says it could delay by as many as four years any further progress toward constructing the proposed expansion of its Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station in Florida City.
A lack of funding for comprehensive hazardous-waste cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory required by a 2005 consent order could expose the lab’s operator and the Dept. of Energy to a daily fine of $487,000 under federal law, if a non-profit group’s lawsuit succeeds.
Officially commemorating the 130th day under a new contracting team that is leading the $16-billion Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project, top leaders with Georgia Power and its contractors on May 3 used the milestone to assure craft workers of their commitment to future construction gains.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that a proposed permanent repository for spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radio-
active waste beneath Nevada’s Yucca Mountain will have minimal impacts on groundwater and surface groundwater discharges.
With support from AREVA, Waste Control Specialists (WCS) LLC on April 28 submitted a license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a consolidated interim-storage facility in Andrews County, Texas.
