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Holtec Bets on Nuclear Paired with Solar to Support Decarbonization

The decarbonization of power generation is fostering research and development of new energy technologies, and some companies are reimagining what’s possible when it comes to power plant design. That includes pairing nuclear power with solar power, in a system that could repurpose a brownfield site—for example, a closed or soon-to-retire thermal power plant with transmission infrastructure already…

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“Options are limited when it comes to disposing of radioactive waste, and only three methods are typically used for tainted water. The first and most expedient one is to dump small batches of about 18,000 gallons intermittently, which is the method favored by Holtec. The second way is to slowly evaporate the radioactive water and release it into the atmosphere, which Lyman said is “hardly any better than pouring it into the river.” The third procedure entails transporting the contaminated substance to another state, which could pose an environmental justice issue depending on where it lands.”

Or you know, we could not make the mistake of nuclear power to begin with.

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Three Mile Island Plans to Reopen as Demand for Nuclear Power Grows. (New York Times)

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

In a striking sign of renewed interest in nuclear power, Constellation Energy said on Friday that it plans to reopen the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, the site of the worst reactor accident in United States history.

Three Mile Island became shorthand for the risks posed by nuclear energy after one of the plant’s two reactors partly melted down in 1979. The other reactor kept operating safely for decades until finally closing, for economic reasons, five years ago.

Now a revival is at hand. Microsoft, which needs tremendous amounts of electricity for its growing fleet of data centers, has agreed to buy as much power as it can from the plant for 20 years. Constellation plans to spend $1.6 billion to refurbish the reactor that recently closed and restart it by 2028, pending regulatory approval.

“The symbolism is enormous,” said Joseph Dominguez, chief executive of Constellation, the nation’s largest nuclear operator. “This was the site of the industry’s greatest failure, and now it can be a place of rebirth.”

Until recently, the U.S. nuclear industry seemed to be in permanent decline. Electric utilities closed 13 reactors between 2012 and 2022 in the face of competition from cheap natural gas and growing wind and solar power.

But with energy demand spiking and fears of climate change rising, many states and businesses are reconsidering nuclear power, which can produce electricity around the clock without emitting the greenhouse gases that are heating the planet.

Congress recently approved a tax credit aimed at keeping existing nuclear reactors running for years to come. In California, lawmakers reversed a decision to shut down the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. And in Michigan, Holtec International is looking to restart the Palisades nuclear plant, which closed in 2022.

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Legislative victory: Blocking radioactive wastewater from being dumped in the Hudson River

City & State NY By REBECCA C. LEWIS | AUGUST 24, 2023 When the company Holtec announced its plans to decommission the Indian Point nuclear power plant, residents of the Lower Hudson Valley were dismayed to learn that it would involve the dumping over 1 million gallons of radioactive wastewater in the Hudson River. The water would contain small amounts of radioactive isotope tritium, and though…

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i've finished atomic america and i have notes

tucker emphatically states that there is no possible explanation for the sl1 meltdown other than a supercritical excursion (p176). he is specifically saying this to debunk the hypothesis that it was simply a steam pressure explosion, which, there WAS a steam explosion, that was what launched the reactor nine feet out of the ground and severed all of its plumbing. but the presence of supercriticality is indisputible, activated isotopes were found in a gold wedding ring, and brass components of a zippo lighter and a watch buckle

however, this emphatic point also applies more broadly to the hypotheses of a love triangle or murder suicide -- the evidence strongly supports that the condition of the reactor, flaws in its design, stuck control rods, flaking boron poison, no warning about what would happen if control rod 9 was removed more than 4 inches, and the operators' lack of experience were far more likely the contributing factors. i am issuing a correction, during my first year of research on this, the wiki was written differently. i think recently if i've said anything about it i've described it as implausible at best, borne out of an inability to believe the reactor could have been as dangerous as it was, which is the same point tucker ultimately makes. my point about this goes somewhat further: this type of mythology is essential to the continued function of the nuclear project

he also makes the point that it is a misconception when antinuclear activists state that the industry monolithically supports itself, because there is a lot of money in extravagant cleanup operations (p196). this is patently absurd, delusionally optimistic, and roundly disproven by the amount of corruption in cleanup, farm to fork, hanford to holtec. he also goes on to directly contradict himself in listing the three cleanup attempts to date at sl1, at least two of which did not finish the job (this and "inexperienced operators" might be unfair, the initial GE cleanup was largely undertaken to gain experience, as this was the first time a reactor had ever exploded due to a runaway chain reaction)

it would take a thousand pages to catalogue everything that's wrong with holtec, but today let's start with the fucking SIMULTANEOUS $1.5b loan to reopen palisades and $5m fine for fraudulent grant applications. maybe there should not be one company with its finger in every nuclear pie...!

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COVERT TWP. — The owner of Palisades Nuclear Plant, Holtec International, took a step forward Tuesday in efforts to reopen the shuttered plant.

Holtec jointly announced with Wolverine Power Cooperative a long-term power purchasing agreement they say will pave the way for the plant to restart.

It's true a purchase agreement was an important step in the plant's reopening checklist, but it’s not the final piece of the puzzle. Holtec Director of Government Affairs and Communications Patrick O’Brien confirmed to The Sentinel that Holtec is still waiting on a decision on its loan request from the Department of Energy and full approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

“We’re still in the process with (the DoE)," he said. "We’re hoping to hear by the end of the year, one way or the other. We still feel like that’s a good timeline.”

The agreement announced Tuesday, Sept. 12, states Wolverine will purchase up to two-thirds of the power generated by Palisades for its Michigan-based rural electric cooperatives. The company's project partner, Hoosier Energy, will purchase the rest.

“We are thrilled to enter into this partnership,” Kelly Trice, president of Holtec Nuclear Generation and Decommissioning, wrote in a press release. “The executed power purchase agreement represents a significant milestone in our journey towards reopening the plant, a historic moment for Michigan and the country.

“The repowering of Palisades ensures Michigan has sufficient energy to meet future demand and mitigate the impact of climate change, while creating hundreds of high-paying Michigan jobs, expanding the local tax base, and unleashing economic opportunity within the region and beyond."

Officials say reopening Palisades will “greatly enhance electric reliability” by generating “consistent and carbon-free energy” in the state.

“Ensuring reliable and affordable electricity in Michigan is crucial,” said Eric Baker, CEO of Wolverine. “The restart of Palisades offers a practical, long-term solution to electric reliability in our state and aligns with Michigan's ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions.”

Palisades shuttered in May 2022 after 50 years in operation. The 800-megawatt plant employed around 600 people full-time. A recently published study estimated the closure had an economic impact of over $250 million in Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties.

Just months after it closed, an effort to reopen the plant was announced. Holtec's first loan application failed, but the second, ongoing attempt was launched in early 2023.

Holtec has already secured a $150 million investment from the state. In addition to obtaining the DoE loan and getting approval from the NRC, Holtec will need to rehire and retrain staff. Officials have estimated it will take about two years to get Palisades operational again, if and when the process begins.

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Угольные электростанции заменят атомными? Holtec International нашла решение для развития старых угольных электростанций, которые уже выводятся из эксплуатации. Их намерены переквалифицировать в объекты с малыми ядерными реакторами. Как это может работать? https://evolut.pro/ugolnye-elektrostanczii-zamenyat-atomnymi/?feed_id=18&_unique_id=63c5105033b1c

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Hungry for Power

You may have heard that the owners of Pallisades Nuclear Plant plan to restart 70s-era facility in 2025, but did you hear that they also plan to fire up two smaller reactors on the site?

power | time traveler series | by brian day You may have heard that the owners of Pallisades Nuclear Plant plan to restart 70s-era facility in 2025, but did you hear that they also plan to fire up two smaller reactors on the site? Holtec International, the company that owns and wants to restart the closed Palisades nuclear plant, is already working on preliminary site plans for a pair of…

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Hungry for Power

You may have heard that the owners of Pallisades Nuclear Plant plan to restart 70s-era facility in 2025, but did you hear that they also plan to fire up two smaller reactors on the site?

power | time traveler series | by brian day You may have heard that the owners of Pallisades Nuclear Plant plan to restart 70s-era facility in 2025, but did you hear that they also plan to fire up two smaller reactors on the site? Holtec International, the company that owns and wants to restart the closed Palisades nuclear plant, is already working on preliminary site plans for a pair of…

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Pilgrim Worker Claims He Was Poisoned by Radiation

Adam Snyder’s lawsuit says Holtec knew of danger and withheld facts By Christine Legere Nov 16, 2024, https://provincetownindependent.org/featured/2024/11/16/pilgrim-worker-claims-he-was-poisoned-by-radiation/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGo1QpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWShU5dHZhyKJptDuy4JZpZN9jdHmZc-esBuN4ZA6V8bJ02NZeQ-CWEfnw_aem_o8Hlm0YsDqphDpYEcT3x5g PLYMOUTH — A 41-year-old worker assigned to the decommissioning…

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The US could bring a shuttered nuclear power plant back to life next year

A control panel in the control room simulator of the Holtec Palisades Training Center in Covert, Michigan, US, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. | Photo: Getty Images For the first time, a shuttered nuclear power plant in the US could reopen thanks to federal support. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $1.52 billion loan to help restore a nuclear generating station in Covert Township,…

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Google CEO Eyes Atomic Power For AI Data Centers As Big Tech Seeks Nuclear Revival To Achieve Net Zero

Zero Hedge BY TYLER DURDENTHURSDAY, OCT 03, 2024 – 09:05 AMFollowing the news of the Three Mile Island restart plans to power Microsoft’s AI data centers and the revival of Holtec’s Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed in an interview with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on Thursday that the tech giant is exploring the use of nuclear energy as a potential ‘green’ source to…

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i'm seeing several people on my dash engaging in discussion about nuclear policy (oh good, but what, why now, did i miss something, etc) and i would like to encourage two things:

discuss facts or events, not the whole concept in vague and broad strokes (it's easier)

accept that many facts and events regarding nuclear policy are ambiguous or unknown (it's inevitable)

examples of facts and events:

holtec is the only manufacturer of casks; holtec casks are flawed, cracking, and leaking.

hanford is the worst waste site because it has extremely high level waste beyond what is typically considered "high level" (spent fuel rods), because they rushed the cleanup for a million dollar cleanup payout, because they dumped wastewater into the ground, because the wastewater dumping was the subject of peabody award winning journalism, because the director of the site resigned in 2017 (anne white).

there was recently a nuclear bribery scandal in ohio.

san onofre decommissioning has been fraught with resale upon resale to various corporations trying to turn a profit off abdicating responsibilities for waste handling.

design proposals were never able to foresee the scale of sea salp blooms under climate change, which has led to several shutdowns from clogged intakes at sites that rely on the ocean for cooling water.

yucca mountain was cancelled and there are no longterm repositories in the united states. there are also no interim-term storage sites; PFS in goshen utah was cancelled and two are currently under review. interim sites require shipment on trucks across the interstate highway system twice; once from reactor to interim and again from interim to longterm -- none of which, again, exist.

70% of high level waste is uncasked and continually reracked in cooling pools where the rods were spent, the NRC is continually rubber-stamping approval for storage extension for these sites without additional environmental review despite the additional risk.

the united states has abicated responsibility for bikini atoll dome cleanup after failing to pay out reparations as promised to the united nations (these were paid to a trust which is now empty, despite most of the beneficiaries having not received the reparations they were promised for the sacrifice of the marshall islands as a munitions testing site for the hydrogen bomb)

there are hundreds of abandoned uranium mills and mines across the continental united states.

bill gates owns terrapower.

examples of ambiguities and unknowns:

the SL-1 meltdown is typically not accounted for in reviews of nuclear power's "safety record" because it was classified for decades. we will never know whether it was an accident or intentional sabotage by operators

karen silkwood either committed suicide or was murdered by a sandwich containing polonium. she was a former anti-nuclear activist who accepted a job at a reactor

why did anne white resign

how prevalent is cancer among workers at hanford, is this the greatest risk, or is non-nuclear toxic waste a greater risk to cleanup workers

what is the total risk over the whole term of waste storage

have we made an adequate risk assessment if design specifications are not being met (such as aforementioned flawed casks, uncasked waste, further future unpredictable or unforeseeable events such as the sea salps, or the ambiguous possibility of SL-1's intentional operator sabotage)

what language, if any, will be spoken by the final handlers of the waste we generate today

what is the plan for cleanup if the united states collapses before it handles its waste, are we just planning to abandon a hundred reactor sites and several hundred more mills and mines, or what

how many radiation monitors near nuclear munitions test sites are openly available to the public (this one is a trick question, the answer is "none," it's neither ambiguous nor unknown, but many people appeal to their presence without checking whether they're accessible)

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