Nuclear's unclear future
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- World News. // International Power Generation;May99 Supplement, Vol. 22, p7
Reports the decommissioning of Trawsyndd nuclear power station by the British company Controlled Demolition Group (CDG) in North Wales. Value of the contract; Process involved in dismantling of equipments; Plans for the building remains; Previous work of CDG at Trafyndd.
- Fall Out: Cleaning up the nuclear legacy. // Contract Journal;4/10/2002, Vol. 413 Issue 6372, p16
Reports on the efforts of Great Britain to clean up its nuclear industry. Estimated cost of clean-up initiatives; Plan of the British government to transfer responsibility for the clean-up; Stages of the decommissioning process performed on nuclear plants.
- Old Tax Code in a New Nuclear Marketplace. McNeil, Jr., Corbin A. // Electric Perspectives;Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p57
Reports on the federal tax treatment of nuclear decommissioning trust funds in the United States. Why state and federal policymakers have an interest in ensuring an adequate decommissioning funding; Requirement for decommissioning a nuclear power plant.
- Realising the renaissance. Luckey, James // International Power Generation;Sep2005, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p3
Focuses on issues concerning the use of nuclear power. Factors that contribute to the public's negative perception of nuclear energy; Estimated cost for decommissioning an old nuclear power plant in Great Britain; Role of industry leaders in the promotion of the benefits of nuclear power.
- NEWS IN BRIEF. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;05/22/2000, Vol. 244 Issue 20, p56
Presents news briefs from the construction industry from across the United States (US) as of May 22, 2000. Accident at the Metrowest Water Supply Tunnel in Massachusetts; Selection of Montgomery Watson Inc. by the US Army Corps of Engineers to decommission a nuclear facility in Ohio; Addition...
- AFTERWORD: THE BEGINNINGS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. // Energy Journal;1991 Special Issue, p315
The article states the likelihood for the public to participate in a debate on the decommissioning of nuclear power plants in 1991. It also notes the possibility for the people to propose for the immediate dismantlement of nuclear reactors amid the additional radiation risks and requirement for...
- Decommissioning Ukranian nuclear. Russell, Eric // International Power Generation;Oct99, Vol. 22 Issue 9, p14
Focuses on the proposed decommissioning of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Financial problems that hinders the decommissioning of the nuclear plant; Factors that worsen the issue of the nuclear plant's decommissioning.
- ENR Washington observer. Ichniowski, Tom; Winston, Sherie; Behrens, Lira // ENR: Engineering News-Record;08/24/98, Vol. 241 Issue 7, p9
Focuses on the participation of several government agencies on construction projects in the United States (US). Details on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's revision of its inspection program and assessment of nuclear plant licensees; Information on the job site safety program plan of the...
- Waste management is U.K. plant's new mission as it shuts down. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;06/22/98, Vol. 240 Issue 25, p14
Reports that the United Kingdom government's halt of commercial fuel reprocessing at the Dounreay nuclear plant in Scotland will switch its focus entirely to decommissioning and waste management. Estimated cost of retrieving and storing 700 cubic meters of underground radioactive wastes;...
