Nuclear

A Nuclear Thaw: After 30 Years with No Construction, Feds Give Blessing to New Reactors

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM

For the first time in more than 30 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given the go-ahead to build reactors at two existing nuclear power plants—one in Georgia and one in South Carolina. Some pundits have said this signals a nuclear renaissance for the United States, while experts agree that it’s more of a nuclear thaw.

“We are in expansion mode,“ said Steve Kerekes, senior director of media relations for the Nuclear Energy Institute, a policy organization representing the nuclear industry. “We readily acknowledge it’s going to be a fairly measured expansion. At best, we’ll have five new reactors online by the end of this decade.”

Presidential Blue Ribbon Panel Issues Warning: Time to Get Serious about Nuclear Waste Strategy

Brydon Ross

Friday, January 27, 2012 at 01:33 PM

The long-awaited final report from the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future was issued yesterday and offered stark warnings that inaction on developing a long-term strategy for disposing and handling nuclear waste threatens to strand 65,000 tons of spent fuel at 70 reactors across the country.

Plan to boost states’ role in spent-fuel shipments is welcome, but more involvement still sought

Lisa Janairo

Friday, August 19, 2011 at 04:09 PM

Proposed rules by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) would place more emphasis on the role of states in ensuring the security of shipments of spent nuclear fuel. These rules, as well as other security issues involving spent-fuel shipments through the region, were prominent on the spring meeting agenda of the CSG Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee. This group of state officials and legislators met in May in conjunction with the annual meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Transportation Stakeholders Forum (NTSF).

Future of Nuclear

Sean Slone

Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM

As Japan struggles to control its nuclear reactors in the wake of last week’s massive earthquake and tsunami, state officials across the U.S. are weighing in on the future of nuclear power in this country.

Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Causing Concern Among State Governments About U.S. Nuclear Future

Sean Slone

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 03:31 PM

State officials are weighing in on the future of nuclear power in the United States as Japan struggles to control its nuclear reactors in the wake of last week’s massive earthquake in that country. Despite an increasing need to find energy alternatives here at home, some believe the Japan crisis may make additional delays in the construction of new nuclear reactors or relicensing of old ones in this country a possibility. Here’s a rundown of media reports on how the nuclear power issue is being raised in various state capitals.

Canadian agency OKs plan to ship radioactive materials on Great Lakes

Tim Anderson

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 12:00 AM

A plan to ship radioactive waste through the Great Lakes has received a flurry of criticism over the past year, but in February, it secured the approval of a key federal regulatory commission in Canada.

Defunding of Yucca Mountain Project Puts Onus on Federal Government to Find Alternative

Lisa Janairo

Monday, March 1, 2010 at 12:00 AM

A decades-old project to store the nation's nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain has been de-funded, leaving the future of federal policy up in the air.

Nuclear Energy

Doug Myers

Monday, March 1, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Nearly 20 percent of our nation's electricity is generated by nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is expected to play a key role in mitigating climate change.

Resolution on Federal Policy on Nuclear Waste Management

CSG Executive Committee

Monday, May 18, 2009 at 12:00 AM

BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED, that CSG urges the federal government to honor its obligations under the NWPA by continuing (pursuing) the development of a national repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, contingent on NRC licensing approval; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that CSG urges Congress to provide DOE and the NRC sufficient funding to carry out their obligations under the NWPA and to fully fund interactions between these agencies and the state governments affected by federal radioactive waste management and transportation activities, including full funding for the state regional transportation projects.

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