Nuclear News Roundup Oct 23, 2018 The Trump administration has shelved a plan to invoke wartime emergency powers to justify multibillion-dollar bailouts for economically struggling coal and nuclear plants — at least for the time being. Greentechmedia.com More than 60,000 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel is stored on the shores of four of the five Great Lakes — in some cases, mere yards from the waterline — in still-growing stockpiles. Freep.com Duke Energy is offering an unidentified number of employees a voluntary severance package in an effort to shore up its staffing levels. Wect.com The Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan is shut down for repairs ahead of a planned refueling outage. Usnews.com
