Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) talked about the importance of nuclear power as a source of energy at a hearing this week on the fiscal year 2020 funding request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
“Nuclear power must be part of our energy future if we want clean, cheap, and reliable energy that... Read More »
Commissioner Anthony J. O’Donnell of the Maryland Public Service Commission testified yesterday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on a draft bill on nuclear waste policy.
The discuss... Read More »
Legislation recently introduced in the Senate to create a pathway for the safe and permanent disposal of the nation’s stockpiles of spent nuclear fuel from sites across the country.
The bill, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act (NWAA) of 2019 (S. 1234), would establish an independent agency, t... Read More »
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently sent a letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Ranking Member Joe Manchin (D-WV) urging the committee to advance S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA).
“In light of the challenges posed by climate c... Read More »
Bipartisan agreement on the virtues of a bill to encourage new nuclear energy technologies, S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act, appeared to fracture during a Senate committee hearing Tuesday over the ongoing debate regarding a permanent storage site for nuclear waste.
U.S. Sen. Catherine C... Read More »
A discussion draft released by U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) last week provides practical reforms of the nation’s nuclear waste management policy to better dispose of spent nuclear fuel.
Presently, used up nuclear fuel is scattered across 39 states, as the nation lacks a permanent repository i... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) awarded Zero Emission Certificates (ZECs) to the Salem One and Two and Hope Creek nuclear power plants.
This will result in $300 million per year in subsidies for the owners of these plants, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) and Exelon. For t... Read More »
Entergy Corp. sold the subsidiaries that own Indian Point
Units 1, 2, and 3 nuclear power plant, located in Buchanan, N.Y., to a company
that will decommission the facilities.
The sale of the facilities to Holtec International
subsidiary for decommissioning will be effective after Unit 3 has be... Read More »
A bill introduced to the House of Representatives this week by U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) seeks to promote nuclear power through incentivization, opening a new investment tax credit for potential investments.
The bill builds itself on the reality that many other types of energy are already en... Read More »
Exelon Generation, which owns and operates the Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 1 nuclear energy facility near Harrisburg, Penn., recently filed the Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for the plant with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
The federally required PSDAR detail... Read More »