The president said he disagreed with a Commerce Department finding that uranium imports pose a threat to national security. Source: NYT > Business – Ana Swanson
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Is Shutting Down
The Pennsylvania facility, site of a disaster in 1979, has been struggling financially. It will close by the end of September, according to the company that owns it. Source: NYT > Business – JACEY FORTIN
Removing Fuel Rods, Japan Hits Milestone in Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup
After a yearslong delay, the nuclear plant’s operator began removing radioactive fuel rods at one of three reactors that melted down after an earthquake and a tsunami in 2011. Source: NYT > Business – MIKE IVES
Kitty Tucker, Who Raised Awareness of the Silkwood Case, Dies at 75
She saw the whistle-blower Karen Silkwood as a feminist hero in the movement against nuclear power and helped organize the legal effort on her behalf. Source: NYT > Business – KATHARINE Q. SEELYE