Companies specializing in nuclear demolition and radioactive waste storage are buying up aging U.S. reactors and promising to decommission them in dramatically less time than their utility owners had planned — eight years instead of 60 in some cases.
Read moreComplaining that disposal of its nuclear waste is 50 years behind schedule, Entergy Arkansas sued the U.S. government for breach of a $370 million contract.
Read moreEntergy Louisiana LLC sued the U.S. Department of Energy, claiming the federal government failed to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high level nuclear waste from the utility’s River Bend Nuclear Generating Station.
Read moreOn the heels of a recent transformer explosion at Indian Point, New York officials announced Monday that the nuclear power plant whose fallout zone includes New York City will finally close in 2021.
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Spelling trouble for the continued operation of a nuclear-power plant in New York City’s backyard, the state’s highest court held Monday that the application to renew Indian Point’s federal license is not exempt from state review.
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