DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Committee Meets Oct. 2 To Hear Update On Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Units-1 & 2

 DEP’s Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting on October 2 and one of the items on the agenda is a status report on the closure of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 and the license transfer of Three Mile Island Unit 2.  (formal notice)

Unit 1 is the reactor that just closed because it could not compete with other forms of electric generation.  It is being transitioned into storage for later decontamination. [Read more here.]

Unit 2 was damaged in the 1979 accident and a license transfer is under consideration by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to a firm to complete the cleanup of the Unit.  [Read more here.  Read more here.]

Also on the agenda is a status report on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compacts, an update on commercial low-level radioactive waste facilities and a review of the Appalachian Compact low-level radioactive waste generation information.

The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to register to attend the meeting via WebEx.  Conference phone: 1-415-655-0003  Access code: 132 311 217.

For more information and available handouts, visit DEP’s Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee webpage.  Questions should be directed to Rich Janati, 717-787-2147 or to rjanati@pa.gov.

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[Posted: Sept. 18, 2020]  PA Environment Digest