Decommissioning nuclear power plants
Tags: NUCLEAR power plants -- Decommissioning; LETTERS to the editor
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- Decommissioning nuclear power plants. Rose, David // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Nov1985, Vol. 41 Issue 10, p56
Replies to comments on decommissioning of nuclear power plants in the United States.
- 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;...
- Decommissioning calls for meticulous advance planning. Strauss, Sheldon D. // Power;Nov/Dec96, Vol. 140 Issue 9, p47
Provides information relevant to nuclear power plants when planning to decommission. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's alternatives and technology requirements; Factors affecting a nuclear plant owner to decommission; Process involved in decommissioning. INSET: Dismantling/decommissioning--a...
- TVA invests for decommissioning. Chambers, Ann // Power Engineering;Aug96, Vol. 100 Issue 8, p15
Reports on the decommissioning of the nuclear power plants in Tennessee Valley, Texas. Tennessee Valley Authority's investment of $400 million into trust funds to ensure decommissioning of the nuclear plants; Projected investment rate of return.
- The cost of shutting down. Fertel, Marvin S. // Electric Perspectives;Sep/Oct93, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p42
Discusses the estimated cost for decommissioning a power plant. Three main developments; Defining `decommissioning'; Questions on financial responsibility for spent fuels when plants shut down; Events which created uncertainty about the industry's ability to make acceptable, accurate estimates;...
- Kalkar nuclear plant will be dismantled. // Modern Power Systems;Oct93, Vol. 13 Issue 10, p7
Reports on the plans of Germany's Kalkar council to redesignate the site of the Kalkar fast breeder nuclear power plants as an agricultural area. Failure of plans to convert the site to either an interim storage facility for radioactive waste or a gas turbine power plant; Site owner SBK's need...
- The view from Wall Street. Abramson, Barry M. // Electric Perspectives;Sep/Oct93, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p46
Discusses the financial aspect of nuclear decommissioning. Difficulty in defining financial risks associated with decommission; Reasons; Considerations by the financial community; Premature retirement as major risk regarding decommissioning; Retirement attached to rising operating and...
- Adequacy of Funds for Nuclear Plant Decommissioning. Williams, Daniel G. // Nuclear Plant Journal;Jul/Aug2002, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p29
Evaluates the adequacy of funds for nuclear plant decommissioning in the U.S. Accounts on the potential costs for electric utilities; Use of spreadsheet simulation models; Generic formula for estimating decommissioning costs.
- Safe, Efficient and Cost-effective Decommissioning. Pescatore, Claudio; Eng, Torsten // Nuclear Plant Journal;Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p39
Focuses on the Nuclear Energy Agency workshop on "Safe, Efficient and Cost-effective Decommissioning," conducted by Claudio Pescatore in Rome Italy. Aim of the session to develop a vision of what should be done next on integrating international activities on decommissioning; Activities centered...
