Zion Nuclear Waste

March 6 2018 at 916 pm neis s1903 the stranded act of 2017 neis would like to commend il sen.

Nuclear reactions lecture notes. In late august of 2010 it was announced in a first of its kind deal that the nuclear regulator commission was allowing exelon corp comeds parent company to transfer the zion plant license to. Zion units 1 and 2 were permanently shut down on february 13 1998. The goal of the project is to safely transfer the spent fuel onsite to a highly technically engineered storage pad.

Zionsolutions personnel deployed a similar dry fuel storage system for the decommissioning and site restoration project at big rock point nuclear power plant in michigan. Zion nuclear power station was the third dual reactor nuclear power plant in the commonwealth edison comed network and served chicago and the northern quarter of illinoisthe plant was built in 1973 and the first unit started producing power in december 1973. Dry storage has been safely used for more.

On september 1 2010 the facility license was transferred from exelon to zionsolutions for the express purpose of expediting the decommissioning of the. Riddled with empty storefronts and burdened by 22 million pounds of unwelcome nuclear waste stored there zion illinois sits along lake michigans shore about 50 miles north of chicago. Billy mckinney remains committed to working with state and federal officials to find a resolution in removing the nuclear material out of the city of zion.

Nuclear waste zions economic growth has been stalled by the presence of nuclear material at the site of the decommissioned nuclear power plant. Tammy duckworth and il rep. Statement about zion nuclear waste compensation coalition against nukes says.

Legislation to help communities such as zion with stranded nuclear waste issues has passed both houses of congress and now awaits president donald trumps signature to become law according to. All low level radioactive waste generated in the zion decommissioning project will be disposed of outside illinois. Zionsolutions is a subsidiary of energysolutions responsible for decommissioning the zion nuclear power station in zion illinois 45 miles north of chicago on the shores of lake michigan.

Energysolutions dismantles zion nuclear reactor in a first of its kind transfer. Once the nuclear waste has been entombed the domes. The fuel was transferred to the spent fuel pool and the owner submitted the certification of fuel transfer on march 9 1998.

This power generating station is located on 257 acres 104 ha of lake michigan.