TVA revises of cost of nuclear plant construction to $4.5B
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority says the revised total cost to complete Unit 2 at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tenn., is up to $4.5 billion. The earlier estimate in 2007...
View ArticleEntergy: Grand Gulf license renewal remains on track
CLAIBORNE COUNTY — Entergy Nuclear officials say the license renewal for the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant in Claiborne County remains on track. Grand Gulf’s license expires in 2024, and an...
View ArticleEntergy Nuclear locks out security workers at nuke plant
CLAIBORNE COUNTY — Entergy Nuclear has locked out union security workers at its nuclear plant near Port Gibson after contract negotiations with the United Government Security Officers of America Local...
View ArticleUtility, security guards hammer out deal ending lockout
PORT GIBSON — Union security guards have voted to ratify a three-year contract with Entergy Corp., ending a nearly seven-week lockout. Entergy locked the guards out from its Grand Gulf nuclear plant on...
View ArticleEntergy in court in Vermont over nuclear plant
JACKSON — The question of whether Vermont’s only nuclear plant can continue operating without the approval of state regulators goes before a federal appeals court today in a dispute that has gained...
View ArticleOIG finds missed audits at TVA’s nuclear plant
KNOXVILLE — A report by the Tennessee Valley Authority’s inspector general says the federal utility missed quality assurance audits at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. According to the Knoxville News...
View ArticleEnergy group pushing for used nuclear fuel storage facility
JACKSON — A nonprofit group tied to energy businesses says Mississippi should consider becoming a storage place for used nuclear fuel. Representatives of the Mississippi Energy Institute will meet...
View ArticleEntergy shuttering Vermont’s only nuclear plant
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s only nuclear power plant will shut down by the end of next year, ending a nasty legal battle over the future of the 4-decade-old plant, Entergy Corp. announced today. The Vermont...
View ArticlePSC’s Brandon Presley calls in-state nuclear waste dump a ‘harebrained scheme’
NETTLETON — Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley has reached out to President Barack Obama, Mississippi’s congressional delegation and other Washington leaders in an attempt to block any federal...
View ArticleMSU researchers looking at safe handling of radioactive materials
STARKVILLE — If released in significant quantities, radioactive materials pose a potential threat to people and the environment. Now, new research at Mississippi State University is helping the nuclear...
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