Tag Archives: decommissioning

Kansai Electric to scrap two reactors in latest blow for Japan’s nuclear sector via Reuters

Posted on 2017/12/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Reuters) – Kansai Electric Power Co said on Friday it will decommission two 38-year-old reactors at its Ohi nuclear plant as Japan’s electricity industry struggles to cope with new safety standards imposed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The widely … Continue reading →

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Russia ready to help Japan clean up Fukushima disaster via RT

Posted on 2017/12/08 by nfield

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is ready to take defective fuel from the Fukushima-1 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), said Rosatom department’s director Andrei Ivanov on Friday. […] That followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia and Japan will start … Continue reading →

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Monju reactor set for decommissioning lacks sodium removal method via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/12/02 by nfield

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has revealed that the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, which is set to be decommissioned, was designed without any consideration of ever having to remove liquid sodium from inside the … Continue reading →

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Six Years After Fukushima, Robots Finally Find Reactors’ Melted Uranium Fuel via The New York Times

Posted on 2017/11/20 by nfield

[…] After three days of carefully navigating through a shattered reactor building, the Manbo finally reached the heavily damaged Unit 3 reactor. There, the robot beamed back video of a gaping hole at the bottom of the reactor and, on the floor … Continue reading →

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Lithuania taps up Commission for more nuclear decommissioning funds via Euractiv

Posted on 2017/11/10 by nfield

Lithuania is in the middle of decommissioning an unsafe Soviet-era nuclear power plant and its energy minister last week courted EU Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger for more financial support after 2020. When Lithuania signed its EU membership deal, the Baltic … Continue reading →

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Entergy opposes Pilgrim decommissioning fee via Cape Cod Times

Posted on 2017/11/08 by nfield

BOSTON — Without sufficient funds for safely decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, the state could be left holding the bag once the plant ceases operations, environmental activists warned lawmakers Monday, asking them to impose a $25 million annual fee … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power Documentary Film and Panel Discussion Coming to Chatham via CapeCod.com

Posted on 2017/11/04 by nfield

CHATHAM –The documentary “Power Struggle” will be screened at the Chatham Orpheum Theater on Saturday November 11th,followed by a panel discussion. The film chronicles the heated political battle to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. It shows how a nuclear … Continue reading →

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Opinion Editorials San Onofre nuclear waste storage plan better alternative than inaction, barely via The San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2017/09/20 by nfield

A recent out-of-court settlement in which Edison committed to “commercially reasonable” efforts to move more than 3.5 million pounds of nuclear waste generated by the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station beats the alternative of inaction, barely. Under the settlement with the Citizens’ Oversight group, Edison will upgrade … Continue reading →

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Zion skyline in for a change with planned razing of nuclear towers via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2017/09/15 by nfield

By Mary McIntyre The green-capped concrete towers of Zion’s barren lakefront will be gone soon, but the nuclear waste that has crippled the city economically will remain. Zion Solutions, which is part of Utah-based EnergySolutions, will finish deconstructing and demolishing … Continue reading →

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Settlement Reached To Move San Onofre Nuclear Waste via CBS Los Angeles

Posted on 2017/08/30 by nfield

SAN CLEMENTE (CBSLA.com/AP) – Southern California Edison has agreed to make a good faith effort to relocate 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste away from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, bringing an end to a nearly two-year legal battle … Continue reading →

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