Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

86,000 Metric Tons : Amount of used nuclear fuel from U.S. commercial power reactors. The waste is stored at 75 nuclear power sites in the country. By the Numbers. The modeling also found a 34 percent chance by 2023 that Powell is too low to generate hydropower.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 1949 ) -- Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a State Only Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Salem Twp., The revised permit would increase the acreage by 1.3 acres in the Unami Creek Watershed (High Quality). ( Contact: Brie Sterling, bsterling@pa.gov or (717) 783-9469.

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Cresforum

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Constellation Energy announced the reopening of the Three Mile Island Unit 1, a reactor that was prematurely decommissioned in 2019 due to economic conditions. To meet the projected energy needs of not only the United States, but the world, we need more nuclear power, which is reliable, safe and carbon-free.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Japan ) and a second in Yokosuka in 2019 ( Yokosuka Climate Case ). In the 2019 case, the judgments focused on the procedural aspect of the replacement of the coal-fired power plant and discussion of the climate issues was limited.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 24, 2023

Because byproduct material generally poses lower hazards and national security risks, obtaining a byproduct material license is far easier than obtaining an approval to construct and operate a utilization facility (such as a nuclear power plant) from the NRC under Part 50.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

United Nations experts will assess plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from a closed nuclear power plant in Japan. million gallons of water during 2020, only one million less than during 2019, when tourism peaked on the island. A Chinese environmental activist devotes his life to a deteriorating lake.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Forty-three years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The country wants to close the last nuclear power plant by 2022 and simultaneously phase-out coal by 2038 at latest. By the end of 2019 the country put an end-date to electricity production from coal in the Netherlands via the Law“ Prohibiting the Use of Coal in Electricity Production ”.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2024

TODAY 10:00: House Game & Fisheries Committee holds informational meeting on Game Commission 2019 Performance Audit and recommendations by State Auditor General. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2005 to 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2024

From the 2019 general election to the start of the 2024 election campaign, the Tories had accepted at least £8.4 Locke has donated an additional £280,000 to the Conservatives since the 2019 general election. However the Tories can’t commit to action on the climate as they are in hock to oil and gas producers.”

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2023

India missed its target to install 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, and is now trying to make up for that by boosting solar, wind, nuclear, hydropower and bio-power to 500 GW by 2030. Wind power is set to play a key part in the target of 50 GW of new green energy tenders each year at 10 GW. in 2019 to 72.8%

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: The Nuclear Power Dilemma: Where To Put The Lethal Waste PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- AP: Republican State Committee Won’t Endorse In Big Primary Fields For Governor, U.S. -- Cornell Lab Of Ornithology, Audubon: Great Backyard Bird Count Feb.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Introduction On 11 December 2019, the new European Commission presided by Ursula Von der Leyen presented the European Green Deal. Interestingly enough, article 5 of the proposed regulation sets a list of activities the JTF shall not support and it includes the decommissioning or construction of nuclear power stations.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

House returns to session Nov. 15, 16, 17, Dec. 13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session Dec. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

The arguments used for and against the resolution were the same familiar and often repeated comments on the economic and environmental impacts heard on the regulation since the concept was first suggested in 2019 by Gov. Read more here. At least $12.5

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Acoel

MAY 4, 2023

Because byproduct material generally poses lower hazards and national security risks, obtaining a byproduct material license is far easier than obtaining an approval to construct and operate a utilization facility (such as a nuclear power plant) from the NRC under Part 50.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Rep. Questions should be directed to John Tissue at jctissue@msn.com. Photos: top- oil & gas, coal mines; landfill; map of target areas.)

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

The total number of negative price hours, whereby power plants had to pay people to take unneeded electricity, grew dramatically between 2019 and 2020, just as they did in California during the same period, and have grown since. Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System. I believe the U.S. But if the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2022

In 2019, the Energy Sector1 and Energy-Intensive Sectors represented 24% of gross regional product (GRP) and 14% of regional employment -- All of this contributes significantly to GHG emissions. . -- Next Steps Six primary enablers have been identified as necessary to accelerating the region’s energy transition: 1.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

The case was filed by 45 residents in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 2019. Background Immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were shut down. Additionally, some nuclear power plants had restarted operations.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Japan, a long-time supporter of nuclear power, now has serious hydrogen ambitions. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. photo credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Alamy. By Fred Pearce. And it has a head start in organising imports of the fuel.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

The FracTracker Alliance published a similarly misleading assertion regarding the nearby Pine Creek watershed in 2019. While a natural gas well may use between five and ten million gallons of water for a one-time completion process, by comparison an average nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania uses up to 35 million gallons of water per day.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

The arguments used for and against the resolution were the same familiar and often repeated comments on the economic and environmental impacts heard on the regulation since the concept was first suggested in 2019 by Gov. Read more here. At least $12.5

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, a contractor hired by Sunoco to do seeding and restoration work didn’t get paid by Sunoco so the contractor put a $680,000 mechanics lien on Robinson’s property to try to recover payment, even though the Robinsons had nothing to do with the contract.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. 6 in 2019 because it was bad for consumers, bad for the economy, and bad for the environment. In addition, FirstEnergy—owner of the two uneconomic nuclear power plants H.B.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Forty-four years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

The report says that despite restoration efforts, water levels in the Murray-Darling Basin dropped to all-time lows in 2019. In France, nuclear power plants have been throttled back because rivers are too warm to cool the equipment. Native fish populations have declined by over 90 percent in the last 150 years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

We have made a start by expanding our wind power, extending our nuclear power, pushing hard to get access to Canadian hydro power, and making our homes more energy efficient—that’s less costs and carbon free.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22]

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

By Lara Lutz, Chesapeake Bay Journal In 2019, the Chesapeake Bay Journal gained a team member in Pennsylvania. Ad Crable, well known for his work at Lancasters LNP newspaper, became our newest staff writer. Posted: December 20, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2024

House Game & Fisheries Committee holds informational meeting on Game Commission 2019 Performance Audit and recommendations by State Auditor General. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 3-- NEW. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 4-- NEW. 28 to Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

House Game & Fisheries Committee holds informational meeting on Game Commission 2019 Performance Audit and recommendations by State Auditor General. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 3-- NEW. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 4-- NEW.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

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