Exelon makes another try for energy changes that critics call bailout Exelon is trying to orchestrate an unlikely end-of-session deal to pass far-reaching legislation to prop up what it says are financially struggling nuclear power plants, threatening to close them and eliminate hundreds of jobs if lawmakers don’t act. The scene is a repeat of … Continue reading Exelon makes another try for energy changes that critics call bailout→
Fort Calhoun reactor may shut by year-end Houston, 31 May (Argus) — The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) board is expected to vote in June to close the 478MW Fort Calhoun nuclear plant in Nebraska at the end of the year, 17 years before its license expires as the reactor becomes another victim of low … Continue reading Fort Calhoun reactor may shut by year-end→
Nuclear power in more trouble than oil Utilities shutting down plants earlier than expected If you think folks in the oil and gas business have it tough, talk to someone in the nuclear power industry where 20 percent of the reactors operating today may shut down early. The last time the United States opened a … Continue reading Nuclear power in more trouble than oil→
Moniz: Closing Nuclear Plants Poses ‘Huge Problem’ May 19 — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz called the growing number of closures of nuclear reactors in competitive, deregulated markets a “huge problem.” “The importance to incentivizing continued operation [of nuclear plants], I think, is very clear, but the solutions are less clear,” Moniz said at a May … Continue reading Moniz: Closing Nuclear Plants Poses ‘Huge Problem’→
Nebraska Utility Head Recommends Closing Nuclear Power Plant The head of a Nebraska utility recommended shutting down the nation’s smallest nuclear power plant by the end of the year, saying Thursday that it doesn’t make economic sense to keep it open. Tim Burke, the president and CEO of the Omaha Public Power District, told the … Continue reading Nebraska Utility Head Recommends Closing Nuclear Power Plant→
The United States’ newest nuclear power plant has taken 43 years to build This summer, if all goes according to plan, the second reactor at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant will begin supplying power to the US electrical grid. Construction on the reactor in Spring City, Tennessee, has proceeded in fits and starts since the … Continue reading The United States’ newest nuclear power plant has taken 43 years to build→
Exelon to Close Two Nuclear Plants if Needs Aren’t Met Energy provider also reports quarterly earnings Exelon Corp. said Friday that it would close two nuclear power plants in Illinois if state officials don’t pass legislation that provides funding and support for nuclear and solar power. The company said it would close its Clinton, Ill., … Continue reading #Exelon to Close Two Nuclear Plants if Needs Aren’t Met→
DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant shut down for repairs FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — DTE Energy Co. says its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in southeastern Michigan has been shut down for repairs. The utility’s spokesman Stephen Tait tells the Monroe News that the plant went offline Tuesday for crews to repair a component in … Continue reading #DTE_Energy ‘s #Fermi_2 nuclear plant shut down for repairs→
How do you sell a nuclear power plant? TVA may soon find out Nearly 43 years after construction began, the Tennessee Valley Authority may pull the plug on the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant this week and look for a buyer for the 1,600 acres that house the unfinished reactor buildings, cooling towers, administrative offices and … Continue reading How do you sell a nuclear power plant? #TVA may soon find out→
Former nuclear power plant employee admits to selling secrets to China KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 30 (UPI) — A former senior employee of a U.S. government office in Tennessee admitted to selling U.S. nuclear secrets to China, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Court records released Friday, from a case kept sealed for more than a year, … Continue reading Former nuclear power plant employee admits to selling secrets to China→
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