Nukewatch Quarterly Summer 2013
TOWN of CARLTON, Wisconsin — After 40 years of operation, Dominion Resources, Inc. closed its 566-megawatt Kewaunee nuclear reactor south of
Green Bay on May 7 as planned. Dominion bought the reactor in 2005 for $220 million, later tried to sell it but failed, and decided last fall to shutter it when competition from cheap gas and wind power made it a money loser. The company claims to have enough of its own funds to cover the cost of decommissioning, which by law can take up to 60 years and would extend its poisonous footprint to a full century. Dominion spokesperson Mark Kranz said the company would lay off 339 of its current staff of 632. About 293 workers will be kept on for the decommissioning, which Dominion estimated will cost about $1 billion. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Reuters, & New York Times, May 7, 2013
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