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Tepco estimates 44 years to decommission Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2020/01/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has estimated that it will take 44 years to decommission its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant. Tepco presented the outline of decommissioning plans to the municipal assembly of Tomioka, one of the two host … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste removal begins 30 years after power station closure via BBC

Posted on 2020/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Work has begun on removing nuclear waste from Berkeley power station, 30 years after it was decommissioned. The disused Magnox generator, situated on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, closed in 1989. It was the world’s first commercial … Continue reading →

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Germany takes nuclear plant offline, final six to close over two years via Reuters

Posted on 2019/12/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tom Käckenhoff DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – Germany will take another step toward completing its withdrawal from nuclear power when EnBW pulls the plug on the Philippsburg 2 power station on New Year’s Eve, leaving half a dozen plants still to close … Continue reading →

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RADIOACTIVE DUST ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED AT NUCLEAR SITE CONTRAVENED MULTIPLE REGULATIONS, INVESTIGATION FINDS via Newsweek

Posted on 2019/12/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY ARISTOS GEORGIOU  Environmental authorities in Scotland have said that an accidental release of radioactive dust from a nuclear site “contravened multiple” regulatory conditions, according to reports. The contaminated dust vented out of a uranium recovery plant at Dounreay—a nuclear research … Continue reading →

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An update from Fukushima, and the challenges that remain there via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2019/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Tatsujiro Suzuki, […] Technical challenges. The most difficult challenge is, of course, the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. It would take too long to describe all of the technical challenges of the decommissioning operations, but two recent events are instructive … Continue reading →

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Coastal Commission unanimously OKs plan to remove San Onofre nuclear plant domes via abc10news

Posted on 2019/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By: Mimi Elkalla (KGTV) – The California Coastal Commission has unanimously approved a plan that includes removing the twin reactor domes at the San Onofre nuclear power plant. In a meeting Thursday, with members of the public in attendance, the commission … Continue reading →

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New environment minister says Japan should stop using nuclear power via Reuters

Posted on 2019/09/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

 Japan’s newly installed environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, wants the country to close down nuclear reactors to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011.  The comments by the son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, himself an anti-nuclear advocate, … Continue reading →

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Judge lays out schedule for San Onofre nuclear waste lawsuit via The Sun Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2019/09/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By JEFF MCDONALD The judge hearing a civil complaint against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and owners of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has rejected a request for an immediate stop-work order at the plant. Instead of granting a temporary … Continue reading →

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Nuclear policy-setting body urges plant operators to prepare for decommissioning era via Japan Today

Posted on 2019/09/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYOJapan’s nuclear policy-setting body adopted a report Monday saying the country is entering an era of massive nuclear plant decommissioning, urging plant operators to plan ahead to lower safety risks and costs requiring decades and tens of … Continue reading →

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’Still reeling’ from shuttered nuclear site, Zion receives enterprise zone status for state redevelopment incentives via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2019/09/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By JIM NEWTON Saying that the city is “still reeling” from the loss of jobs and tax revenue following the closure of the Zion nuclear power plant, state Sen. Melinda Bush announced Thursday that Zion has been approved as a state … Continue reading →

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