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Kewaunee Power Station decommissioned: nuclear wastes moved to dry storage

Nuclear fuel moved for decommissioning of Kewaunee Power Station, NBC26  Jun 23, 2017 Kewaunee Power Station achieved a significant milestone earlier this month when employees working to permanently decommission the facility safely transported the last of the used nuclear fuel to a dry fuel storage facility located on site, according to Dominion Energy.

Since the beginning of 2017, employees at the station have been transferring used nuclear fuel from the facility’s spent fuel pool into dry storage containers as part of the ongoing decommissioning effort…..

The company permanently closed the 556-megawatt nuclear station on May 7, 2013 when the unit became financially imprudent to operate, Stoddard said…..http://www.nbc26.com/news/nuclear-fuel-moved-for-decommissioning-of-kewaunee-power-station

June 24, 2017 - Posted by | business and costs, USA

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