Tag: AGREE
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CNY Groups To Hold Press Conference Supporting Closure Of FitzPatrick Nuclear Reactor And Calling For A Just Transition
Advocates will discuss the Cuomo administration’s recent signal that it may incentivize utilities to purchase nuclear energy
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Environmentalists Hail Decision To Shutter FitzPatrick Nuclear Reactor And Renew Call For Just Transition For Workers, Renewable Energy, And Responsible Decommissioning
AGREE and NIRS today praised the decision to close and renewed their call for Entergy and state officials to work to ensure a just transition for workers and a safe and responsible decommissioning.
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FitzPatrick Reactor Can Be Replaced By Clean And Renewable Energy At Lower Cost
Jessica Azulay, Program Director of Alliance for a Green Economy, made the following statement in connection with the report: “This analysis incorporates a vision supported by hundreds of New Yorkers in the region who want to see a transition away from dangerous and dirty nuclear power at the same time that the state is transitioning…
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Consumer Watchdogs Criticize Proposed Deal To Shorten The Subsidy For Ginna Nuclear Reactor, Saying It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
The proposed agreement is better than the original bad deal that RG&E and Constellation tried to ram through before anyone could take a hard look.
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Proposed Nuclear Bailout Would Make Rochester Residents “April Fools”
The contract, as proposed, would be retroactive to April 1, which means that RG&E customers would start accruing a debt to Exelon beginning today, to be collected, with interest, if the deal gains approval.
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Latest Inspection Of FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant Reveals Unreported Hazards
Anti-nuclear watchdogs today pointed to the violations revealed at FitzPatrick as evidence that Entergy is mismanaging both plants and that no subsidies should be extended to FitzPatrick.
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AGREE Statement On The Proposed New York “Clean Energy Standard”
“But the policy released today also includes a mandate that utility customers must prop up the uneconomical and dangerous nuclear power plants in Upstate New York.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission To Hear Case For FitzPatrick Condenser Replacement
Nuclear watchdogs are concerned that financial challenges at the reactor are preventing the company from replacing the equipment and compromising safety.
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Potentially Catastrophic Near-Accident At Nine Mile Point To Be Discussed Friday
The Alliance for a Green Economy, a coalition of environmental groups, faults the nuclear operator and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a pattern of inadequate refueling procedures and lax regulation during refueling.
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Near-Miss Accident At Nine Mile Point To Be Cited By NRC
The NRC notice also cites a major concern over the lack of time to evacuate the public in the vicinity, due to the fast-breaking nature of the radiation release that could have occurred.