TMI Update: Jan 14, 2024

The Yeas Have It

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed their FY 2019 Energy & Water appropriations bill yesterday, which includes $1.2 billion appropriated for the Office of Nuclear Energy, a $1 million increase from FY 2018. The report is available here. 

The future of Exelon’s unprofitable Three Mile Island nuclear power
plant looks even bleaker after company said today it failed at an annual
auction for the future sale of its electricity.
In addition to TMI, Exelon’s Dresden and Byron plants (both in
Illinois) did not clear in the 2021-2022 auction to supply the
Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regional power grid, known as PJM
Interconnection.
Failing to clear the auction means the plants are not able to produce
power at a price the market is willing to pay. Exelon says TMI has been

Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Press Release

No: 18-021 May 24, 2018

CONTACT: Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200

NRC, FERC Commissioners Schedule Joint Meeting to Discuss Grid Reliability, Reactor Issues‌

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold a joint meeting Thursday, June 7, at FERC headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Press Release

No: 18-020 May 24, 2018

CONTACT: Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200

NRC Oversight Workshop to Focus on Vendor Inspection Activities

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is hosting its sixth Workshop on Vendor Oversight on June 14 in Cleveland.

A publication of Three Mile Island Alert

This issue's contents:

SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2
INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY INSPECTION
NOTIFICATION TO PERFORM INSPECTION 05000387/2018403 AND
05000388/2018403

ADAMS ACCESSION NO. ML18136A614

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the
Peach Bottom nuclear power plant, operated by Exelon, during an open house on May 24 in
Holtwood, Pa.

The open house, which will be held at the Muddy Run Visitor Center, 172 Bethesda Church
Road West, will held 5:30-7 p.m. NRC staff responsible for inspections, including the resident
inspectors assigned to Peach Bottom on a full-time basis, will be available to discuss the plant’s
performance.

Letter to Power Reactor Licensees - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Analysis of Licensees' 2017 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports.

ADAMS Accession No. ML18122A001

Subsidies for Uneconomic Power Plants Wrong Choice, Broad Energy Coalition Opposes Federal Action Based on Faulty Factual and Legal Premise 

Natural Gas-Renewables-Power-Efficiency Groups Submit Legal Analysis Showing No ‘Emergency’ Justifying Action Under Existing Federal Authorities, Inappropriate to Long-term Market Support of Uneconomic Power Plants 

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION: EVALUATED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE INSPECTION REPORT 05000277/2018501 AND 05000278/2018501

Download 2018 Exercise Report