The first dismantling of a commercial reactor in Japan has started, ushering in a new period of decommissioning but with the same problem that has plagued the nuclear power industry for years. No one ...

Decommissioning refers to the administrative and technical actions taken to remove all or some of the regulatory controls from an authorized facility so the facility and its site can be reused.

Holtec is decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. The company has a fairly aggressive schedule that could see site restoration work completed in 2027. This article provides a current-day ...

Today, before a research reactor is built, the prospective operators are typically required to submit a plan describing how the facility will eventually be decommissioned. Many older reactors were ...

When the Zion Nuclear Power Station in Illinois closed its doors in 1998, plant owner Commonwealth Edison, now part of Exelon, thought it would take more than two decades to clean up the site. At the ...

Decommissioning, including fuel removal, dismantling and waste management, is expected to continue into the 2050s.

ICPC welcomes first scientific assessment of environmental considerations associated with the decommissioning of submarine ...

KEWAUNEE COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- A decade after the Kewaunee nuclear power plant was shut down, there's new life coming to the property. EnergySolutionshas had a team working on decommissioning the ...

A research group that provides information to institutional investors said cost estimates to decommission U.S. nuclear plants fell in 2017 for the first time in a decade. The Callan Institute, ...

A system decommissioning project is more than a technical necessity, it’s a strategic decision that can significantly affect ...

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Decommissioning and Abandonment has accused Nigeria’s key petroleum regulators of failing to comply with provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) ...