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 ...

This is a web supplement to “Riding Off into the Sunset: Nuclear Decontamination and Decommissioning Update,” appearing in the July 2015 issue of POWER. The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) is ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. When we talk about decommissioning from the IAEA's ...

The company in charge of decommissioning the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant says it’s well on its way to completing the job years ahead of schedule. Starting in 1972, the plant on the banks of 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, ...

Nuclear plant decommissioning is simpler, faster, and less expensive when taken into consideration during the siting, design, construction, and operation phases of the nuclear plant life-cycle. This ...

Radioactive spent fuel remaining at a growing number of closed U.S. nuclear power plants could cause a severe accident. And state and local governments complain they have little authority to reduce, ...

Peer-reviewed scientific research demonstrates the minimal environmental impact of recovering submarine cables for recycling or repurposing ...

Managing a data decommissioning policy is a systematic approach to managing the series of steps through which IT assets must go at end-of-life. These policies are important, as records allow companies ...

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 ...