Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants

Since the 1940's when the original government production reactors were built, nuclear plants have been built, shutdown, and decommissioned. Older commercial plants decommissioned have included Elk River (MN), Pathfinder (SD), Shippingport (PA), Shoreham (NY). More recently, plants undergoing decommissioning include - Yankee-Rowe (MA), Connecticut Yankee (CT), Maine Yankee (ME), Trojan (OR), Humboldt Bay and Rancho Seco (CA), and Zion (IL).

Pages that address how decommissioning is conducted and the issues that must be addressed include:

• Sites Undergoing Decommissioning,  (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
• Fact Sheet on Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants, (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
• NUREG-1628, Staff Responses to Questions Concerning Decommissioning, (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
• The Decommissioning qnd Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities: Status, Approaches, Challenges, (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
• The Decommissioning and Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities in OECD/NEA member countries: A compilation of national fact sheets, (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
• Decommissioning a Nuclear Power Plant, (Student Corner, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
• Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants, (Nuclear Energy Institute)
• Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants, (Google search result)

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