Advocates seek assurance on decommissioning funds for FirstEnergy nuclear plants

Energy News Network: Environmental advocates have jumped another hurdle in their quest to make sure FirstEnergy and its subsidiaries provide enough funding for safe closure of their nuclear power plants.

On August 2, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission made an initial recommendation to accept the Environmental Law & Policy Center’s petition for review on whether the trust funds set up for that purpose will have enough money after the bankruptcy of FirstEnergy’s generation subsidiaries.

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