From The Daily Caller: «New York State is certainly not alone in grappling with how to
keep nuclear facilities afloat while cheap natural gas is pushing down electricity prices...
The nuclear component of the Clean Energy Standard guarantees that more will be spent to
keep nuclear facilities operating than will be spent on solar or wind.
Not exact matches
As Entergy Corp. moves to close the FitzPatrick
Nuclear Plant in Oswego County, the area's two House members are urging the state to reconvene negotiations to
keep the
facility open.
ALBANY — The owners of the James A. FitzPatrick
Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County say talks with state officials to
keep the
facility open have been «unsuccessful,» and on Wednesday filed a notice with the federal
Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating they would close the money - losing plant.
The owners of the FitzPatrick
Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County say talks with state officials to
keep the
facility open have been «unsuccessful,» and they have filed a notice with the federal
Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating they would close the money - losing plant.
«Indian Point has been something that's been difficult for the governor, but given where we are now, I would have to say I want to give him an even bigger thank you for looking at the bigger picture knowing that it's important to making sure we
keep 615 jobs at that
facility [FitzPatrick
Nuclear Power Plant],» said state Sen. Patty Ritchie (R - Owegatchie).
Exelon has agreed to take over the FitzPatrick
nuclear power plant from Entergy for at least another 12 years, «and
keep it producing
nuclear power for years and years to come,» Cuomo announced outside the Central New York
facility as workers cheered.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the FitzPatrick
Nuclear Power Plant in August 2016 to celebrate the news that Exelon would buy the ailing
facility and
keep it open with financial support from the state.
A succession of mishaps and a scandal over an attempt to cover up an accident have
kept the
facility shut down for all but a few months since it first achieved criticality, or a sustained
nuclear reaction, in 1994.
Those limits were in
keeping with the 1979 law (Public Law 96 - 164, Section 213) that authorized WIPP «a research and development
facility to demonstrate the safe disposal of radioactive wastes from the defense activities and programs of the United States exempted from regulation by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission» (NRC).
Each of the 3 rooms at Key Quest has a different theme and mission: Save the President and prevent an unauthorized
nuclear launch; recover a priceless stolen artifact from the high security
facility where the thieves are
keeping it; or help find a new planet for humankind before Earth's resources are completely depleted.
The EPA wants to
keep a long term
nuclear waste storage
facility closed, they find that 15 millirem per year is the required maximum safe exposure level.
Who is actively fighting to ensure government policies shutter U.S.
nuclear energy
facilities;
keep domestic coal, natural gas, and oil in the ground; force up energy prices through taxes and regulations; and endanger national security by installing wind farms near military bases?
Most of a
nuclear facility is to
keep it from killing us.