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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.

Date: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-nrc-transfers-licence-for-tmi-2-to-energysolutions-for-decommissioning-8397212

The Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania. Courtesy Wiki Commons. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the transfer of the licence for Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power station from FirstEnergy Companies to TMI-2 Solutions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Date: Thursday, 12 September 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-awards-funds-to-support-industry-innovation

Rick Perry: Bailing out nuclear plants is important to national security.

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.

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