Tag Archives: decommission

Nuclear Plants Dip Into Dismantling Funds to Pay for Waste via abc news

Posted on 2015/10/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

With a federal promise to take highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear plants still unfulfilled, closed reactors are dipping into funds set aside for their eventual dismantling to build waste storage on-site, raising questions about whether there will be enough … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Vermont Yankee heading for ‘cold and dark’ via vtdigger

Posted on 2015/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Take one look at the pale-green wall covered with white gauges in the Vermont Yankee control room, and it’s clear that the panel hasn’t changed much since the nuclear plant’s origins in the early 1970s. But there is something new: … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Westinghouse And Bechtel Form Alliance For U.S. Decommissioning via Nuclear Power Industry News

Posted on 2015/01/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel said they were joining forces to create an alliance that would focus on decontamination, decommissioning and remediation services for U.S. nuclear power plants. The alliance, the companies said, is not planning a one-size fits all … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

World Energy Outlook Warns Nuclear Industry On Decommissioning And Disposal via NucNet

Posted on 2014/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

12 Nov (NucNet): The nuclear energy industry needs to be ready to manage “an unprecedented rate” of decommissioning with almost 200 of the 434 reactors that were operating commercially at the end of 2013 to be retired by 2040, a … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Let’s Bury King C.O.N.G. at People’s Climate March　via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2014/09/13 by norma field

By Harvey Wasserman bove all, the worldwide People’s Climate March on Sept. 21 must bury King C.O.N.G.: Coal, Oil, Nukes and Gas. Which also means abolishing corporate personhood and saving the internet. The fossil/nuclear corporations have been given human rights … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stark verrostete Fässer im AKW Brunsbüttel entdeckt via Zeit online

Posted on 2014/08/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Wieder sind rostige Atommüllfässer in dem stillgelegten AKW gefunden worden, erstmals sind diese auch ausgelaufen. Die Landesregierung teilte mit, Gefahr bestehe nicht. In den unterirdischen Depots des Atomkraftwerks Brunsbüttel sind bei Untersuchungen zehn weitere Rostfässer mit schwach- und mittelradioaktivem Müll … Continue reading →

Posted in Deutsch | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant to Cost $4.bn to Dismantle via International Business Times

Posted on 2014/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The cost of decommissioning the faulty San Onofre nuclear power in California is expected to reach $4.4 billion (£2.6bn), and will take at least 20 years. The power plant in San Clemente, southern California, was closed down in 2012 after an … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sellafield plans new £1.5bn framework for decommissioning specialists via The Construction Index

Posted on 2014/07/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sellafield Ltd is looking for specialist suppliers to help with nuclear decommissioning at its Cumbria site. The work will be for 10 years and will be valued at up to £1.5bn. It is advertising for specialist contractors to join its … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Senators oppose changes to nuclear plant emergency regulations via greenbaypressgazette.com

Posted on 2014/05/07 by norma field

CARLTON — Dominion Resources Inc., owner of Kewaunee Power Station, wants to reduce the level of emergency response at the closed nuclear plant, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved at other reactors being decommissioned. But five U.S. senators are … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Senators say emergency preparedness zones needed around decommissioning nuclear plants via The Associated Press

Posted on 2014/05/04 by norma field

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont — U.S. senators from Vermont, Massachusetts, New York and California are calling on the federal regulators to stop reducing or eliminating emergency preparedness zones around decommissioning nuclear power plants. Sen. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders of Vermont have … Continue reading →

Posted in *English | Tagged , , | Leave a comment