Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Congress need not authorize every interim storage site for nuclear waste and an appeals court’s decision that it must destroyed long-held expectations, a nuclear-industry trade group said in a Friday filing with the U.S. Supreme Court. A 2023 ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that outlawed commercial interim storage licensed by the […]

Groups in Colorado, South Carolina and Washington state each got 12-month grants from the Energy Communities alliance, worth up to $150,000 each, to develop public engagement processes for nuclear-waste management. The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), based in the Washington, D.C., area, announced the grants in a press release July 2, before the U.S. Independence Day […]

The Department of Energy seeks industry input about a long-term contract to design, build, license and operate a federally owned interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel, according to a notice released last week. Responses to the request for information are due Sept. 6, the Friday after the U.S. Labor Day holiday. DOE released the […]

A subprogram responsible for consent-based siting of spent nuclear fuel from power plants would drop by more than half if a bill scheduled for a committee vote Tuesday becomes law. The Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) within the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy would get $25 million for fiscal year 2025, $30 million […]

The Department of Energy seeks industry input about a long-term contract to design, build, license and operate a federally owned interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel, according to a notice released last week. Responses to the request for information are due Sept. 6, the Friday after the U.S. Labor Day holiday. DOE released the […]

Groups in Colorado, South Carolina and Washington state each got 12-month grants from the Energy Communities alliance, worth up to $150,000 each, to develop public engagement processes for nuclear-waste management. The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), based in the Washington, D.C., area, announced the grants in a press release July 2, before the U.S. Independence Day […]

Congressional check-writers should direct the Environmental Protection Agency to use its 2025 budget to update its generic standards for a nuclear waste repository, interest groups said recently. The ask came in the form of a letter signed by twelve organizations and sent to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations interior and environment subcommittees […]

Congressional check-writers should direct the Environmental Protection Agency to use its 2025 budget to update its generic standards for a nuclear waste repository, interest groups said recently. The ask came in the form of a letter signed by twelve organizations and sent to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations interior and environment subcommittees […]

The Department of Energy’s top manager for spent fuel and high-level waste, Paul Murray, told a local panel in California Thursday several consolidated interim nuclear fuel storage sites will be needed across the nation. “How many sites do I think we really need,” Murray said during a presentation to the San Onofre Community Engagement Panel. […]

Interim Storage Partners, a joint venture between Orano and Waste Control Specialists, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider an August ruling by a federal appeals court that effectively blocked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from approving a private temporary spent nuclear fuel storage site in Andrews County, Texas. A three-judge panel for the Fifth U.S. […]

LOUISVILLE, KY. — The Department of Energy’s consent-based siting program for interim storage of spent fuel could take decades but the lengthy process does not appear to scare localities interested in nuclear power, attendees at Exchange Monitor’s Radwaste Summit heard this week. DOE has touted its program to find communities willing to host interim spent […]

California-based Deep Isolation has appointed Rod Baltzer as its new chief executive officer effective Jane 1, the company said Friday. Baltzer has been chief operating officer of Deep Isolation since 2018, the company said in a press release. Baltzer was previously president and CEO of Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County, Texas. Baltzer helped steer […]

LOUISVILLE, KY. — The Department of Energy’s consent-based siting program for interim storage of spent fuel could take decades but the lengthy process does not appear to scare localities interested in nuclear power, attendees at Exchange Monitor’s Radwaste Summit heard Monday. DOE has touted its program to find communities willing to host interim spent fuel […]

California-based Deep Isolation has appointed Rod Baltzer as its new chief executive officer effective June 1, the company said Friday. Baltzer has been chief operating officer of Deep Isolation since 2018, the company said in a press release. Baltzer was previously president and CEO of Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County, Texas. Baltzer helped steer the […]

The Exchange Monitor was set to host its 18th annual RadWaste Summit in Louisville, Ky., June 3-5 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. The agenda for the yearly gathering of government and industry professionals features speakers from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, Office of Nuclear Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration.   The […]

In a shift, Sam Brown, who seeks the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), on Saturday said he opposed storing radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain. Yucca Mountain “should not, and will not, be revived as a nuclear waste repository,” reads a post dated May 25 on Brown’s account at the website X. […]

In a shift, Sam Brown, who seeks the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), on Saturday said he opposed storing radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain. Yucca Mountain “should not, and will not, be revived as a nuclear waste repository,” reads a post dated May 25 on Brown’s account at the website X. […]

This opinion first appeared in RadWaste Monitor affiliate publication Power. By Craig Piercy, CEO and executive director of the American Nuclear Society and Jackie Toth, managing director of Policy and External Affairs at Good Energy Collective.  It’s welcome that the U.S. House of Representatives in April revived policy discussions over nuclear waste. Our organizations support […]

Nuclear Waste Services recently put out the equivalent of a request for information for companies interested in building a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste in the United Kingdom. The repository, which Nuclear Waste Services calls a Geologic Disposal Facility, could be built under a future contract worth up to $1.6 billion over 10 or […]

Nuclear Waste Services recently put out the equivalent of a request for information for companies interested in building a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste in the United Kingdom. The repository, which Nuclear Waste Services calls a Geologic Disposal Facility, could be built under a future contract worth up to $1.6 billion over 10 or […]

Amid her campaign for a second term, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) on Tuesday filed a bill that would if enacted remove Yucca Mountain’s designation as a nuclear waste repository. The bill would also terminate the not-quite-dead Yucca Mountain licensing proceeding that the George W. Bush (R) administration started with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the […]

Navarro Research and Engineering, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Deep Isolation, Berkeley, Calif., said they formed a “strategic partnership” to help demonstrate disposal of nuclear waste in deep boreholes. “Navarro will provide engineering, environmental and technical support, and nuclear safety expertise,” reads a joint press release dated May 2024. Founded in 2016, Deep Isolation is trying to […]

A project to design a federally owned and operated interim storage facility for radioactive waste reached the milestone that marks the start of conceptual design work, the Department of Energy said Wednesday. The Federal Consolidated Interim Storage Facility project “recently” reached the critical decision-0, or CD-0, milestone, DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy wrote Wednesday in […]

A project to design a federally owned and operated interim storage facility for radioactive waste reached the milestone that marks the start of conceptual design work, the Department of Energy said Wednesday.  The Federal Consolidated Interim Storage Facility project “recently” reached the critical decision-0, or CD-0, milestone, DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy wrote Wednesday in […]

Amid her campaign for a second term, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) on Tuesday filed a bill that would if enacted remove Yucca Mountain’s designation as a nuclear waste repository. The bill would also terminate the not-quite-dead Yucca Mountain licensing proceeding that the George W. Bush (R) administration started with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the […]

Navarro Research and Engineering, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Deep Isolation, Berkeley, Calif., said they formed a “strategic partnership” to help demonstrate disposal of nuclear waste in deep boreholes. “Navarro will provide engineering, environmental and technical support, and nuclear safety expertise,” reads a joint press release dated May 2024. Founded in 2016, Deep Isolation is trying […]

Before leaving the Department of Energy on May 3, Kathryn Huff briefly spotlighted the Joe Biden administration’s consent-based siting program for spent nuclear fuel in a recorded interview produced by the agency. “It’s what we owe to communities, it’s what we’ve promised the utilities, and trust that the U.S. government is moving forward rather than […]

By June, a special committee of the Township of Ignace’s local government will hear a consultant’s report about how much residents support, or do not support, the idea of becoming a host for a future Canadian nuclear-waste repository. The Pembroke, Ontario-based consultant With Chela on April 30 finished four days of feedback gathering from Ignace […]

Evergy gave Orano USA a contract to nearly double the size of the dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station site near Burlington, Kansas, the company said Wednesday in a press release. The contract, financial details of which Orano did not provide in its press release, calls for […]

By June, a special committee of the Township of Ignace’s local government will hear a consultant’s report about how much residents support, or do not support, the idea of becoming a host for a future Canadian nuclear-waste repository. The Pembroke, Ontario-based consultant With Chela on April 30 finished four days of feedback gathering from Ignace […]