Nuclear
Georgia Power customers to receive second $25 Vogtle credit
Georgia Power recently announced that its customers would receive the second of three $25 credits for the Vogtle nuclear expansion on their July bills. The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a total of $75 in 2018 bill credits, or $188 million overall, as part of its December 2017 o... Read More »DOE announces $75 million in funding for high-energy physics research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced $75 million in funding for 77 research projects at 59 institutions of higher learning that will advance high-energy physics research, including span colliders, neutrinos, dark matter, and dark energy. The projects were selected through a competitive ... Read More »NRC releases unclassified report on nuclear security inspections in 2017
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted 19 force-on-force (FOF) inspections of commercial nuclear plants that included simulated attacks in 2017, finding that one exercise was unable to demonstrate effective defense and three demonstrated marginal defenses. The NRC released an unclass... Read More »Jacob Dolecki