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Zion Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Trust Fund Depleting Quickly
The balance in the Zion Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning trust fund was about 30% lower at the end of 2014 than it was the previous year according to a report filed by ZionSolutions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on March… Read More

Announcement from POWER

Is Your Power Project a Winner?

Find out by nominating it for a POWER award. The 2015 categories are:

Plant of the Year Award
Reinvention Award (formerly Marmaduke Award)
Water Award
Smart Grid Award
Top Plants Awards (in gas, coal, nuclear, and renewable subcategories)

All nominated projects must be in commercial operation by the nomination deadline of April 30, 2015. You'll find award information, lists of former winners, and nomination forms at https://www.powermag.com/power-awards/

White House Formally Submits Climate Pledge to Slash GHGs
The U.S. will seek to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26% to 28% from 2005 levels by 2025, the White House said on March 31 in a target submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change… Read More

FERC Okays NextEra-HEI, Duke-Dynegy Deals
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave its approval to two deals that will see shifts in electricity markets in Hawaii and the Midwest. On Mar. 27, FERC approved Duke Energy’s proposed sale of its merchant generation business to Dynegy… Read More

First New Nuclear Unit in U.S. in Nearly 20 Years Is on Track to Begin Operating in 2015
Plant officials from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Watts Bar nuclear facility said during a senior management meeting presentation that Unit 2—currently under construction—is expected to reach commercial operations on Dec. 13, 2015. Assuming it does, the unit will be… Read More

Seismic Hazard Resiliency at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
Since the beginning of the U.S. commercial reactor industry, regulatory agencies have required that nuclear power plant designs take into account the potential threats posed by natural hazards such as earthquakes and floods. The tsunami-caused disaster in Japan in 2011… Read More

A Smoke-Ring Blowing Power Plant. April Fools? You Tell Us.
Copenhagen could inaugurate, as early as 2017, a new combined heat and power plant that features a roof-wide artificial ski slope open to the public and blasts smoke rings through a 124-meter chimney. The $611 million Amager Bakke plant is… Read More