Posts Tagged ‘nuclear’
FirstEnergy cuts shareholders meeting short amid protests
>> Akron Beacon Journal
FirstEnergy’s annual meeting of shareholders lasted 10 minutes Tuesday morning as the company took measures to try to keep protesters who had been bused in from voicing their displeasure against the company.
As Iowa nuclear bill fizzles, MidAmerican eyes next steps
>> Cedar Rapids Gazette
Officials at MidAmerican Energy Co. are studying potential options now that the Iowa Legislature adjourned without taking action on a bill the utility sought as a step toward its planned construction of a nuclear power plant in Iowa.
Minnesota nuclear plant supervisor fired over faked drug test
>> St. Paul Pioneer Press
A security supervisor at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear power plant was fired after he was caught faking a drug test urine sample, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says.
Regulator overseeing Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant subject of complaint
>> Omaha World-Herald
The senior federal regulator leading the inspection of a troubled nuclear reactor near Omaha is the target of a complaint to Congress over his handling of the reactor’s problems.
Al Compaan: Time to talk about Davis-Besse nuclear plant
>> Toledo Blade
The technology is here; the renewables revolution is coming. We all will benefit from reduced pollution and stable energy prices. But the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and most utilities still are mired in old ways of doing business.
License hearing scheduled for Ohio’s Davis-Besse nuclear plant
>> Toledo Blade
The federal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hear oral arguments in two weeks regarding whether shield-building cracks at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant warrant consideration as a reason to deny the plant’s proposed license renewal.
States urge court to order decision on nuclear waste site
>> New York Times
Two states with large amounts of military and civilian nuclear waste told a federal court panel on Wednesday that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was flouting the law by declining to decide whether the Nevada desert is a suitable burial spot.
U.S. appeals court to hear arguments on Yucca Mountain
>> McClatchy Newspapers
A panel of federal appellate judges on Wednesday will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by two states over whether the Energy Department has properly withdrawn its application for a nuclear-waste site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
Bernie Sanders and Ryan Alexander: Stop nuclear-industry welfare
>> Grist
After 60 years, this industry should not require continued and massive corporate welfare. It is time for the nuclear power industry to stand on its own two feet.
Not just Iowa: Nuclear payment plan divisive in other states
>> Des Moines Register
The Iowa Legislature’s indecision over nuclear-energy legislation comes amid a growing revolt in other states over utilities’ moves to charge ratepayers for work on nuclear plants before the reactors are finished, and even if they are never built.
