Tag: Nuclear power generation

FirstEnergy fires another executive over consulting contract

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CLEVELAND — A FirstEnergy senior vice president was fired Thursday for her “inaction” regarding a 2015 amendment to a “purported” consulting contract with someone...

Nonpartisan budget report says future nuke costs are rising

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WASHINGTON — The projected cost of modernizing the U.S. nuclear force is escalating, including billions of dollars more to operate nuclear-armed submarines and to...

Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul

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BOISE, Idaho — Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound (28,100-kilogram) stainless steel lid on one of the world’s most powerful...

Gone Fission: Controversial nuke plant near NYC shuts down

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BUCHANAN, N.Y. — Indian Point will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday, capping a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the...

TVA CEO: US needs tech advances to reach carbon goals

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The head of America’s largest public utility said they are on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the...

Ukraine opens new nuclear waste site at Chernobyl

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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's president on Monday unveiled a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster that...

35 years on, Chernobyl warns and inspires

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KYIV, Ukraine — The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world's worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to...

FirstEnergy in talks on deferred prosecution agreement

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CLEVELAND — FirstEnergy Corp. is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice while negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement over its role in secretly funding...

Japan to announce Fukushima water release into sea soon

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TOKYO — The Japanese government has decided to dispose of massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water stored in tanks at the wrecked...

FirstEnergy refunds $26M as nuclear bailout repeal is signed

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio electric company under scrutiny for its role in what federal authorities say was a $60 million bribery and corruption...