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New perspectives on handling decommissioning liabilities & risks for end-of-life energy, mining, industrial, waste management and...

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It is estimated that over the coming decades, decommissioning redundant and end-of-life energy, mining, industrial, waste management and shipping assets will cost at least USD 8 trillion. Including nuclear energy, only about...more

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NRC Staff Recommends Integrated LLRW Disposal Rulemaking, Including GTCC Waste

The NRC Staff recently issued SECY-20-0098, which provides the Staff’s recommendation to consolidate two low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal rulemakings. Specifically, the Staff supports combining the draft final rule...more

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Proposed Bill Would Provide Grants to Local Communities and Change Decommissioning Process

Vermont Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders along with Representative Peter Welch recently introduced the Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020. ...more

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Innovations in U.S. nuclear decommissioning and waste storage and their potential application in Taiwan (Chinese)

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The field of nuclear decommissioning is in the midst of a major transformation, led by innovations in the United States. Since 1964, 36 nuclear reactors have shut down, 21 reactors are currently undergoing decommissioning,...more

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IRS Issues Final Rule on Nuclear Decommissioning Funds

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a final rule in the September 4 Federal Register updating IRS regulations under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 468A....more

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NRC’s Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance Working Group Receives Public Comments

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The NRC’s Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance Working Group recently held a public meeting to receive comments on potential guidance updates before publishing its final report. Prior to the public meeting, the working...more

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