May 2022

Radioactive Waste 856 - Debate Rages Over Dumping Irradiated Wastewater Into Cape Cod Bay - Part 2 of 2 Parts

Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
     During the Senate field hearing, attorneys from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and from the National Resources Defense Council, an environmental law firm, brought up the NRC’s proposed rule changes.

Nuclear Reactors 1025 - Ohio Legislature Working On Bill To Stimulate Molten Salt Reactor Research and Development - Part 2 of 2 Parts

Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
     Under HB 434, the new state nuclear authority would perform “an essential government function [on] matters of public necessity for which public moneys may be spent and private property acquired.” The bill offers no estimate of how much money would ultimately be spent. Any fiscal impacts would not be known until an agreement with the NRC or the DoE.

Nuclear Reactors 1024 - Ohio Legislature Working On Bill To Stimulate Molten Salt Reactor Research and Development - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts
      Three years ago, Ohio lawmakers tried to bail out the state’s aging nuclear power plants by passing a law intended to make utility customers pay more than one billion dollars in subsidies for these former FirstEnergy commercial nuclear power plants.

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