Tag Archives: decommissioning

Nuclear Keeps on Polluting, Long After Shutdown via Counterpunch

Posted on 2018/04/17 by nfield

By John LaForge Last month, the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor, on the banks of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, was found to be leaking radioactive tritium (the radioactive form of hydrogen) into the groundwater. Again, clean, safe, cheap nuclear … Continue reading →

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FirstEnergy plans to shut down Beaver County nuclear plant via WPXI.com

Posted on 2018/04/17 by nfield

[…] Two other plants in Ohio are also scheduled for closure. Combined, the three plants generate about two-thirds of the electricity produced by FirstEnergy Solutions, the press release said. The Beaver County plant, which went online in 1976, employs about … Continue reading →

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Drone to map radiation within Fukushima plant via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2018/02/27 by nfield

A small drone is to be deployed to measure radiation levels at the damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The UK-developed RISER – Remote Intelligence Survey Equipment for Radiation – has already been used successfully at Sellafield, … Continue reading →

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But America’s Fukushima-design reactors should have closed immediately after Japan disaster via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2018/02/05 by nfield

By Paul Gunter   […] “It’s clear that Oyster Creek and the entire, aging U.S. nuclear reactor fleet is hemorrhaging financially,” Gunter said. “The fact that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the nuclear industry continue to prioritize financial margins … Continue reading →

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Oyster Creek to shut down October 2018 via app.

Posted on 2018/02/05 by nfield

LACEY – The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant will be shut down for good in October – more than a year ahead of schedule – in a surprise announcement Friday by plant owner Exelon Generation, which cited costs and other issues.  The accelerated timeline caught officials … Continue reading →

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Will Exelon nuke-site cleanup cash be there when needed? via Crain’s Chicago Business

Posted on 2018/01/26 by nfield

The Chicago area has relied heavily on nuclear power for its electricity for decades, but eventually those plants’ useful lives will end. Billions will be needed to clean them up and return that land to productive use. Will the money … Continue reading →

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France outlines plans to shutter Fessenheim nuclear plant on German border via DW

Posted on 2018/01/20 by nfield

France is advancing with plans to close its Fessenheim nuclear power plant on the border with Germany. The French environment minister said concerns about job losses can be addressed through opportunities in Germany. France’s environment minister on Friday said the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power receives its death sentence in California: Regulators vote to shut down Diablo Canyon via San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2018/01/14 by nfield

Under Thursday’s decision, Unit 1 will close in 2024, and Unit 2 is scheduled for retirement in 2025, the years the federal licenses for the respective units expire. Located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Luis Obispo … Continue reading →

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San Onofre 2050: Tide’s in, nukes out via San Diego Reader

Posted on 2018/01/03 by nfield

Nuclear waste in the sand now will create a toxic ocean later By Dan Bauder Are northern San Diego County and southern Orange County headed for another Fukushima Daiichi–like nuclear disaster? Possibly, but not necessarily in our lifetimes. The economic severity … Continue reading →

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Koizumi to introduce ‘bill’ to abandon nuclear energy via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/12/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Former prime minister and anti-nuclear exponent Junichiro Koizumi is expected to announce a “bill” abandoning nuclear power plants and promoting natural energy next month. Genjiren (an acronym for the confederation of zero nuclear power plants and the promotion of natural … Continue reading →

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