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The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the transfer of the licence for the Three Mile Island Generating Station (TMI) unit 2, from FirstEnergy Companies to TMI-2 Solutions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-nrc-transfers-licence-for-tmi-2-to-energysolutions-for-decommissioning-8397212
FirstEnergy Companies, comprising Metropolitan Edison Co, Jersey Central Power and Light Co, Pennsylvania Electric and GPU Nuclear, requested the transfer for TMI-2 Solutions to complete the decommissioning of the unit.
TMI-2 Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of EnergySolutions, a Utah-based radioactive waste disposal company.
Three Mile Island-2, about 16 km miles southeast of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania, operated for approximately six months before suffering a partial meltdown and reactor core damage during an accident on 28 March 1979.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 04 December 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-nrc-approves-unit-2-licence-transfer-12-4-2020
All licences and assets of unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania will be transferred to a subsidiary of EnergySolutions under an agreement signed yesterday by US utility FirstEnergy and EnergySolutions. The reactor, which suffered a partial meltdown in 1979 and never reopened, will then be decommissioned.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 17 October 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EnergySolutions-takes-on-TMI-2-for-decommissioning
A project to demonstrate the production of hydrogen in integrated energy systems at US nuclear power plants is one of three selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a share of USD15 million in its latest announcement of project selectees. At the same time, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded USD15 million in grants to support the development of the country's future nuclear workforce.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 13 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-awards-funds-to-support-industry-innovation
A project to demonstrate the production of hydrogen in integrated energy systems at US nuclear power plants is one of three selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a share of USD15 million in its latest announcement of project selectees. At the same time, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded USD15 million in grants to support the development of the country's future nuclear workforce.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 12 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-awards-funds-to-support-industry-innovation
In the face of rising electricity demand, US energy secretary Rick Perry confirmed recently that work is underway on a plan to preserve some of the nation’s key nuclear power plants.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 04 June 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-is-vital-to-us-national-security-as-doe-works-on-rescue-proposals-6-2-2019