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The Michigan governor wants a nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan to stay open and she's asking the federal government to pay for it.
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Read More »Gov. Whitmer wants federal aid to keep nuclear plant open
Towns left with slashed budgets after nuclear plant closings
Living in the shadows of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant's cooling tower, which soars above Lake Erie in Ohio like an oversized lighthouse, brings with it some give-and-take.
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Read More »State moves toward eliminating nuclear power limits
Wisconsin legislators are moving toward getting rid of restrictions on nuclear power in the state.
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Read More »Plant owner wants to hasten nuclear waste transfer
The owner of the Kewaunee nuclear power plant wants to speed up the transfer of nuclear waste from a cooling pool inside the reactor to more secure long-term storage casks.
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Read More »Shutdown of Kewaunee nuclear plant to proceed
Dominion Resources Inc. says it will proceed with plans to close and decommission its Kewaunee Power Station in northeastern Wisconsin.
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Read More »House votes to end energy loan guarantee program
Republicans on Friday pushed a bill through the House shining a campaign-season light on the most conspicuous failure of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package. The bill would phase out federal loan guarantees like those that went to the now-bankrupt solar power company Solyndra LLC and left taxpayers on the hook for more than $500 million.
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Read More »Nuclear waste site hunt could point to granite in Wis., Minn.
The likely death of a planned nuclear waste site at Nevada's Yucca Mountain has left federal agencies looking for a possible replacement.
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Read More »Dominion plans to sell Kewaunee power plant
KEWAUNEE, Wis. (AP) — Energy provider Dominion Resources Inc. said Thursday it will sell the Kewaunee nuclear power plant. In a conference call with investors on first-quarter earnings, Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell II said the company’s 2005 purchase of the ...
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Read More »Safety grades improve at Wisconsin nuclear plants
KEWAUNEE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s two nuclear power plants will be under less scrutiny from federal regulators because of improved safety grades. The two-reactor Point Beach plant and single-reactor Kewaunee plant drew extra attention from regulators earlier in the decade ...
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Read More »View from around the state: Nuclear should be in mix for Wisconsin’s power grid
Gov. Scott Walker is going to unveil sometime in the next several months a statewide energy plan. Included in the plan will be a proposal to lift the state’s moratorium on building new nuclear plants. It should be. That does ...
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