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Decommissioning

Although it is imperative that we shut down nuclear plants, they remain dangerous, and expensive even when closed. Radioactive inventories remain present on the site and decommissioning costs have been skyrocketing, presenting the real danger that utilities will not be able to afford to properly shut down and clean up non-operating reactor sites.

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Apr062020

"I firmly believe TMI Unit 2 is the most radiologically contaminated facility in our nation outside of the Department of Energy’s weapons complex."

So wrote the State of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary, Patrick McDonnell, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairwoman, Kristine Svinicki. The DEP secretary wrote the NRC chair expressing many concerns regarding the recently announced intention by EnergySolutions of Utah to takeover the Three Mile Island Unit 2 site from current owner GPU Nuclear, for rapid decommissioning, despite still lingering high radioactivity contamination risks resulting from the March 28, 1979 reactor meltdown there.

The DEP secretary's concerns include environmental and safety impacts, cost of clean-up and financial responsibility, and radioactive waste handling.

See the letter posted at the NRC website here.

DateApril 6, 2020 | Print ArticlePrint Article | |