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Geneva-based Transmutex SA has announced new round of financing to develop its nuclear energy technology”. The Swiss startup, founded in 2019 by scientists from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) including Federico Carminati and Jean-Pierre Revol along with entrepreneur Franklin Servan-Schreiber.

Date: Thursday, 01 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstransmutex-raises-finance-for-thorium-fuelled-subcritical-nuclear-system-11477008

The sale of the Indian Point Energy Center by Entergy Corporation to subsidiaries of Holtec International has been completed. The plant, which shut down at the end of April after 45 years in operation, is the third project in Holtec's decommissioning fleet.

Date: Wednesday, 02 June 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-Point-sale-completed-as-decommissioning-und

Governor Andrew Cuomo says agreement includes ‘a robust suite of financial and administrative provisions’
The Indian Point nuclear power station in New York state. Photo courtesy Entergy. New York state regulators have approved a deal that puts in place “robust” financial conditions and clears the way for decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant north of New York City.

The state Public Service Commission approved the transfer of the plant from Entergy Corporation to Holtec International subsidiaries, according to governor Andrew Cuomo.

Decommissioning of the site along the Hudson River is projected to cost $2.3bn and to take at least 12 years.

Mr Cuomo said the proposal approved by the PSC addressed the state’s concerns that adequate funds are available to complete the project subject to state oversight. Under the agreement, Holtec is required to adhere to “a robust suite of financial and administrative provisions”.

Date: Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-york-state-regulators-approve-deal-that-clears-way-for-decommissioning-of-indian-point-5-1-2021

US Entergy Corporation's Indian Point Energy Centre unit 3 was finally shut down on 30 April, after 60 years of operation. Closure of both units at Indian Point was announced in 2017, following a settlement agreement with the State of New York. Entergy said it was the result of a number of factors, including sustained low current and projected wholesale energy prices that reduced revenues. However, the decision ended a long-running dispute over the future of the plant. Environmental groups and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had pushed for years to close Indian Point, arguing that it posed environmental dangers to the city. Indian Point Unit 2 was closed as scheduled on 30 April 2020.

Date: Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-closure-of-indian-point-npp-8718804

Entergy Corporation's Indian Point unit 3 will be shut down tomorrow after nearly 60 years of nuclear power generation at the site in New York state. The closure will bring to an end a world record-breaking run for the pressurised water reactor (PWR).

Date: Friday, 30 April 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-Point-celebrates-record-run-as-closure-appr

A joint agreement has been reached between the State of New York, Entergy, Holtec and other stakeholders to provide for the transfer of the Indian Point nuclear power plant to Holtec for decommissioning and site remediation. It also resolves pending litigation concerning the post-shutdown transfer of plant licences when the final unit at the site shuts down later this month.

Date: Saturday, 17 April 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Stakeholders-reach-consensus-on-Indian-Point-trans

Lobby group warns situation will worsen with planned Unit 3 closure The Indian Point nuclear station in New York State. Image courtesy Creative Commons. Despite 2,753 GWh of reduced energy demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, New York state generated significantly more electricity, 5,068 GWh, from fossil fuels in 2020 than in 2019 because of lost nuclear power, according to the Climate Action lobby group.

The group, which supports the use of commercial nuclear power in the state, said that due to this greater fossil fuel consumption, the closure of Indian Point-2 in April 2020 will result in the annual production of about four million tonnes of avoidable carbon dioxide emissions, a figure that will double if Indian Point-3 closes as planned in 2021.

Moreover, with a capacity factor of 91%, Indian Point generates reliable baseload electricity. This means that shutting down Unit 2 created a very large, immediate, and continuous gap in real energy generation which had to be filled. That gap has been filled with fossil fuels, primarily methane – also known as natural gas.

Date: Tuesday, 09 February 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-york-state-using-more-fossil-fuels-after-indian-point-2-closure-2-1-2021

Unit 2 at the US Indian Point nuclear power plant closed on 30 April as part of a deal reached in January 2017 between Entergy, the state of New York and the environmental group Riverkeeper.

Date: Tuesday, 05 May 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsindian-point-2-permanently-closes-7904262

Unit 2 of Entergy's Indian Point nuclear power plant will be shut down for the final time today after more than 45 years of operation. Unit 3, the remaining operating unit at the site in the state of New York, is scheduled to be permanently shut down by this time next year.

Date: Friday, 01 May 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-Point-2-shuts-down

The Indian Point nuclear power station in New York state. Photo courtesy Entergy. One of the two remaining operating reactors at the Indian Point nuclear power station in Buchanan, New York, will close for good on 30 April, shutting down early as part of an agreement between Entergy, the plant’s operator, the state of New York, and environmental groups who had pressured officials to close the plant.

The agreement, reached in January 2017, was for the two operating nuclear units at Indian Point to close in 2020-2021. The agreement saw New York state and activist group Riverkeeper agree to drop legal challenges and support the renewal of both operating licences for a limited period.

Indian Point-2 will shut down this week and Indian Point- 3 by 30 April 2021.

Entergy said key considerations in its decision to shut down the two pressurised water reactor units ahead of schedule included sustained low wholesale energy prices that have reduced revenues, as well as increased operating costs.

Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/unit-2-scheduled-to-close-for-good-on-30-april-4-2-2020