Nuclear
FES to close all coal-fired & nuclear power plants
FirstEnergy Solutions says it intends to close its last coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2021-2022, although those decisions could be reversed if the Ohio-based company were to ...
FES to close all coal-fired & nuclear power plants
FirstEnergy Solutions says it intends to close its last coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2021-2022, although those decisions could be reversed if the Ohio-based company were to ...
Holtec to purchase, decommission Oyster Creek NPP
Exelon Generation and Holtec International have an agreement under which Holtec will purchase Oyster Creek Generating Station, a nuclear power plant (NPP) located in New Jersey. You have reached your ...
Energy investment fell in 2017, IEA reports
The amount of money spent in the energy sector fell for a third straight year in 2017, raising concerns about the world’s ability to provide enough power and tackle climate ...
NRC to issue license for two new reactors in Florida
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said last week it will issue a license to utility Florida Power & Light for two new nuclear reactors at Turkey Point, ...
U.S. utility commissioners call for action on used nuke fuel
Two decades after the deadline passed for the U.S. government to start accepting nuclear waste for disposal, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) wants lawmakers ...
FERC’s Powelson expounds upon what he knows
The so-called shale gale, aka, shale wave, which has positively impacted natural gas production, consumption and prices across the U.S., is a comfortable topic of discussion for Robert F. Powelson. ...
EDF eyes lifespan extension of French fleet of 10-20 years: BFM TV 🔓
French state-controlled utility firm EDF is “secretly planning” to extend the lifespan of 58 nuclear reactors in France by 10 to 20 years, pushing back the country’s energy mix ...
China revises commissioning dates of EPRs
The two nuclear reactors under construction at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong Province will not come online until the second half of 2017 and the first half of ...
N.Y. nuclear plants’ subsidy challenged by natgas users
Companies operating natural gas-fired power plants in New York are challenging a new state subsidy put in place to keep the state’s nuclear facilities online, Kallanish Energy learns. Earlier this ...