Tag Archives: Exelon

Japan’s Tepco needs safety review from foreign nuclear operators – adviser　via Reuters

Posted on 2014/12/02 by norma field

(Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co should convene a panel of nuclear power plant operators from outside Japan to review its safety standards even if it obtains clearance by regulators to restart the world’s largest nuclear plant, an adviser to … Continue reading →

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GREEN POWER AND WELLNESS via PR.FM

Posted on 2014/12/01 by norma field

NUKES vs GLOBAL WARMING vs RENEWABLE ENERGY as we investigate how King CONG (Coal, Oil, Nukes & Gas) is doing its best to subvert our Solartopian future. DAVE KRAFT of Chicago’s Nuclear Energy Information Service joins CINDY FOLKERS and KEVIN … Continue reading →

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This ‘market solution’ only benefits Exelon via Crane’s Chicago Business

Posted on 2014/11/03 by norma field

You know you’ve got a good thing going when profitability is only a bailout away. That’s the kind of mojo that’s working at Exelon Corp., which is signaling it will seek legislation next year to provide hundreds of millions of … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Industry Lobbies to Preserve Tax Credit; Opposes Similar Wind Incentive　via Bloomberg BNA

Posted on 2014/10/31 by norma field

The nuclear industry is lobbying to preserve and modify a tax credit that could be worth billions of dollars when new nuclear reactors under construction are placed in service amidst efforts by Republicans to end energy subsidies and an upcoming … Continue reading →

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How much money do Exelon’s nukes really make? via Crain’s Chicago Business

Posted on 2014/10/27 by norma field

For months, Exelon Corp. has been signaling that it will ask for state legislation next year to provide hundreds of millions of additional dollars to its fleet of Illinois nuclear plants, which the company says are struggling financially. There’s one … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: Punting again on nuclear waste via MyCentralJersey.com

Posted on 2014/09/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Talk about dropping a hot potato in a way that provides absolutely no incentive for anyone to pick it up — ever. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently decided that nuclear waste from power plants can be stored above ground in … Continue reading →

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BRAIDWOOD NUKE PLANT LOSES WARNING SIRENS DURING STORM via NEIS

Posted on 2014/07/04 by norma field

CHICAGO— Residents and businesses were not the only ones without power after the Monday storm that roared through Illinois. The Braidwood nuclear power station in Illinois lost main power supply to sirens that would notify a “large segment” of the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Giant Exelon Blasts Wind via Huff Post

Posted on 2014/06/05 by norma field

Corporate executives often tout the benefits of competition in a free-market economic system, but it’s striking just how much large corporations don’t like it. In fact, some companies will do all they can to squash it, lobbying for favors and … Continue reading →

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Speaker Madigan, Exelon Declare “Nuclear War” on Renewables, Pass HR1146　via NEIS

Posted on 2014/05/29 by norma field

Resolution prelude to “bailout” for unprofitable nukes, national anti-renewables campaign CHICAGO— By voice vote the Illinois House approved a resolution introduced by House Speaker Michael Madigan with extensive cooperation from Exelon Corporation that would create massive subsidization of unprofitable Exelon … Continue reading →

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New-Build Nuclear Is Dead: Morningstar via Forbes

Posted on 2013/11/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear reactors are not a viable source of new power in the West, Morningstar analysts conclude in a report this month to institutional investors. Nuclear’s “enormous costs, political and popular opposition, and regulatory uncertainty” render new reactors infeasible even in regions … Continue reading →

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