Bailout of nuclear power plant would set bad precedent The New York state Public Service Commission and the Cuomo administration will soon decide whether ratepayers can be forced to bail out Exelon, the nation’s largest nuclear power plant operator, and its Ginna nuclear plant, one of the world’s oldest commercial reactors, built near Rochester in … Continue reading Bailout of nuclear power plant would set bad precedent #EXC #Ginna→
Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM With the shutdown of Exelon Generation’s 1,242-MW Braidwood-1 nuclear power unit in Braceville, Illinois, this week, there could be an uptick of coal burn in PJM’s power grid, a spokesman with the regional transmission organization said Tuesday. Exelon announced the nuclear unit, located about 50 … Continue reading Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM→
Xcel nuclear power unit back online after false fire alarm Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear power plant is back up to full capacity, now that repairs are complete after a false fire alarm in one of its two units sounded more than three weeks earlier. Unit 2 was back in business shortly before 6 p.m. … Continue reading #Xcel nuclear power unit back online after false fire alarm→
The case against the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant: Connie Kline (Opinion) Aggressively lobbied by FirstEnergy Corp. and passed by the General Assembly in May 2014, Senate Bill 310, along with wind-turbine restrictions, decimated Ohio’s 2008 renewable-energy and energy-efficiency standards in order to force reliance on coal and nuclear power. Not coincidentally, in August 2014, FirstEnergy … Continue reading The case against the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant→
Finally! We Can Get Moving On Disposing Of Our Nuclear Waste We might actually make a move that brings us closer to disposing of nuclear waste than ever before – by giving the two main types of nuclear waste, weapons and power, each their own deep geologic repository. Last week, President Obama authorized the Energy … Continue reading Finally! We Can Get Moving On Disposing Of Our Nuclear Waste→
U.S. Support for Nuclear Energy at 51% WASHINGTON, D.C. — A slim majority of Americans (51%) now favor the use of nuclear energy for electricity in the U.S., while 43% oppose it. This level of support is similar to what Gallup found when it last measured these attitudes two years ago, but it is down … Continue reading U.S. Support for Nuclear Energy at 51%→
The biggest player in the beleaguered nuclear power industry wants a place alongside solar, wind and hydroelectric power collecting extra money for producing carbon-free electricity. Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC), operator of the largest fleet of U.S. nuclear plants, says it could have to close three of them if Illinois rejects the company’s pitch to let … Continue reading Nation’s biggest #nuclear firm makes a play for green money #EXC→
Former Dallas mayor, U.S. ambassador pushes nuclear power in Texas Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, who also served as the U.S. trade representative under President Barack Obama, is making the case that Texas and other states need more nuclear power in order to offer a diverse energy mix. Kirk’s newest position is co-chairman of the … Continue reading Former Dallas mayor, U.S. ambassador pushes nuclear power in Texas→
Illinois Senate energy and public utilities committee passes bill supporting nuclear energy plants Springfield, Ill. — The Illinois Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee today passed Senate Bill 1585, legislation to establish a Low Carbon Portfolio Standard that would bolster Illinois’ clean energy leadership, support the state’s nuclear energy facilities and protect jobs, consumers and … Continue reading Illinois Senate energy and public utilities committee passes bill supporting #nuclear_energy plants→
A Look At The Future Of Nuclear Power If nuclear power is going to succeed in the 21st century, there will need to be major innovations in controlling costs and enhancing safety. The generation of nuclear reactors constructed in the 1970’s and 1980’s are showing their age. In just the past week, several U.S. reactors … Continue reading A Look At The Future Of Nuclear Power→
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