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During the 2000s, aging infrastructure, growing power use and fears of global climate change all prompted what was then called the "nuclear renaissance". Engineering companies noted that the commissioning process was a major barrier to further construction, and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission made changes to the system as part of the ...
Argonne National Laboratory was assigned by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) the lead role in developing commercial nuclear energy beginning in the 1940s. . Between then and the turn of the 21st century, Argonne designed, built, and operated fourteen reactors [21] at its site southwest of Chicago, and another fourteen reactors [21] at the National Reactors Testing Station in Idaho.
The power station at Dodewaard was shut down in 1997. In 1997 the government decided to end Borssele's operating licence, at the end of 2003. In 2003 the shut-down was postponed by the government to 2013. [98] [99] In 2005 the decision was reversed and research in expanding nuclear power has been initiated.
NJ’s largest utility firm begs feds to shut down airspace over nuclear plant as mystery drones spotted. ... The list of major US companies laying off staff in the new year, including Meta, Micr ...
The plant was shut down in 2022 by Entergy and sold to Holtec, which had planned to decommission it. But with growing power needs, the company is now looking to restart it.
The groups say PG&E has delayed testing on equipment that could “cause a catastrophic meltdown” of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Anti-nuclear groups demand ‘immediate shutdown’ of ...
Erosion of the 150-millimetre-thick (5.9 in) carbon steel reactor head at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant, in Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, in 2002, caused by a persistent leak of borated water The Hanford Site, in Benton County, Washington, USA, represents two-thirds of America's high-level radioactive waste by volume.
As Palisades Nuclear Plant prepares to power down in May, the community is invited to discuss the decommissioning process and economic impact. Community meeting on looming Palisades Nuclear Plant ...