Nuclear

The state's energy department indicated they were interested in supporting advanced nuclear reactors, and were less interested in in several other forms of development identified by the federal government as possible aspects of a campus — including spent fuel storage, fuel processing or reprocessing, data center construction, advanced manufacturing, and more.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte is directing state energy officials to investigate the willingness of investors to partner with utility companies on nuclear generation, the costs ratepayers might face and resources that could help with local nuclear development. The agency is required to submit a preliminary roadmap for supporting nuclear within six months.

As proposed, it also includes the repeal of certain emissions and efficiency requirements for those prospective utility-funded fossil fuel generators.

Nuclear power faced major opposition in New Hampshire in the 1970s. Half a century later, Ayotte wants to make the state the face of nuclear innovation.

One of the main issues in the lawsuit is NextEra’s handling of an outdated circuit breaker at the Seabrook nuclear facility. Avangrid alleges the company purposefully delayed updates to the equipment, preventing them from moving forward with their transmission project.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission met with NextEra Energy in an open-door meeting Tuesday and discussed concerns about a new proposal for emergency planning.

The plan includes 49 potential “reductions in effectiveness,” a term the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says indicates that the proposed changes are less effective than the current plan.

Although ASR has been detected in a nuclear power plant outside the United States, Seabrook Station is currently the only American nuclear power plant exhibiting ASR, according to the NRC.

Neighbors of the Seabrook nuclear power plant called for more transparent, independent monitoring of the facility’s degrading concrete at a federal…

Nuclear provides about a third of New England's electricity, but that's changing, as old plants in Vermont and Massachusetts shut down. Still, there's…