US nuclear industry's plan thanks to NRC: let taxpayers carry the can for closed power plants

The Ecologist
May 12, 2016, 6:58 am57 ptsTrending
With five reactors permanently closed in the last three years, the US nuclear industry is in shutdown mode, writes Linda Pentz Gunter - and that means big spending on decommissioning. But now the US's nuclear regulator is set to exempt owners from the costs of safety and emergency measures at their closed…

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