Cancelling Georgia nuclear plant could cost owners billions

The federal government is warning the owners of a troubled nuclear power plant in Georgia that any move to cancel a planned expansion would lead to demands for quick repayment of nearly $6 billion in federal loans. In a letter to the plant's three owners, the Department of Energy said late Friday that if the construction project is cancelled, the government is "prepared to move swiftly to fully enforce its rights under terms of the loan guarantee agreements, including the repayment provisions."

Manchin, Capito Introduce Nuclear Energy Act

Led by Senators Lisa Murkowski and Cory Booker , additional co-sponsors include Senators James Risch , Mike Crapo , Richard Durbin , Sheldon Whitehouse , and Chris Coons . S. 3422, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act , will help reestablish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy by launching robust public-private partnerships among the federal government, leading research institutions, and the best industry innovators.

Energy 202: White House seeking more clean energy cuts despite…

The Trump administration is preparing to ask for even deeper funding cuts to clean energy research at the Energy Department - just months after Congress rejected proposed cuts to those offices. The White House's Office of Management and Budget on Friday directed the department to submit a budget request that would reduce funding for all nondefense offices by 5 percent from what the administration sent to Congress for fiscal 2019.

Keating sees nuke waste bill making plant closing safer

Massachusetts congressman William Keating says a nuclear waste bill that passed the U.S. House includes important provisions for the soon-to-be-closed Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth. Keating, a Democrat, says the bill prioritizes removal of spent fuel from older nuclear facilities and those like Pilgrim that are being decommissioned.The plant's shutdown is scheduled for May 2019.Keating says speedier removal of nuclear waste from the site will help make the decommissioning process safer.

Bill to Revive Nuclear Waste Dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain Passes the House

The House on Thursday approved an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain despite opposition from home-state lawmakers. Supporters say the bill would help solve a nuclear-waste storage problem that has festered for more than three decades.

House bill would revive mothballed Nevada nuclear waste dump

The House is moving to approve an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain despite opposition from home-state lawmakers. Supporters say a bill slated for a vote Thursday would help solve a nuclear-waste storage problem that has festered for more than three decades.

House takes up bill to revive Nevada nuclear waste dump

This April 9, 2015, file photo shows the south portal of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump near Mercury, Nev. The House is moving to approve an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain despite opposition from home-state lawmakers.

Vt. Yankee citizens panel reviews memorandum NEW

The Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel got its first look this week at a memorandum of understanding hammered out earlier this year between the administration of Gov. Phil Scott and both Entergy Nuclear and NorthStar Group Services Inc. The memorandum of understanding , with the state Department of Public Service, Agency of ... (more)

Ivanka Trump’s South Korea trip fuels White House tension

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Tarkanian backs Trump, slams Heller, over Yucca Mountain

Trying to further distinguish himself from Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, Republican primary challenger Danny Tarkanian is praising the Trump administration's effort to restart licensing of a nuclear waste dump outside Las Vegas. Long opposed by most Nevadans, Trump included the Yucca Mountain plan again in his second budget request to Congress on Monday.

Firm denies Flynn texted its director on US sanctions

A whistleblower has told House Democrats that during President Donald Trump's inauguration speech, Flynn texte... . Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, leaves a secure area at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017.

Bill Clinton Is Involved in Two Major Uranium Scandals Involving the…

It is already well known that former President Bill Clinton was right in the middle of the now widely reported criminal Uranium One deal. What isn't well known is that this was the second of two criminal uranium deals involving the former President and the Clinton Foundation.

Protesters disrupt U.S. fossil, nuclear event at climate talks

Protesters drowned out speeches by White House advisers and business representatives Monday at an event the U.S. government sponsored at the U.N. climate talks in Germany promoting the use of fossil fuels and nuclear energy. About 200 protesters stood up 10 minutes into the event and began singing an anti-coal song to the tune of "God Bless the U.S.A." They were ushered out of the room without further incident.