Nuclear News Roundup May 25, 2017 The emergency alert that popped up on TV screens across South Jersey on Tuesday night was sobering, if not terrifying: A “NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WARNING” is underway, it announced in capital letters. Thedailyjournal.com For the second year in a row, ten new nuclear reactors started to generate electricity in 2016, the highest number since the 1980s, according to the 2017 edition of the IAEA’s Nuclear Power Reactors in the World. Iaea.org The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting Thursday night on safety at the Watts Bar nuclear power plant. Knoxnews.com Be prepared for a long ride as the Army Corps of Engineers cleanup of the nuclear waste dump in Parks Township could last into 2031. Triblive.com
