Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

A bill that would create a nuclear waste agency outside the Department of Energy has “good bones” and could be a rallying point for the nuclear industry, a federal official said Wednesday. The bill, filed Sept. 24 by Reps. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) and August Pfleuger (R-Texas), is the latest legislative pitch to remove management of spent […]

t’s not exactly radioactive waste definitions for dummies, but a National Governors Association task force has produced a document to help state and federal agencies stay on the same page when discussing cleanup of government nuclear weapons testing and production. “The purpose of this document is to help states impacted by cleanup at U.S. Department […]

Waste Control Specialists of Andrews, Texas has been awarded a Department of Energy contract worth up to $17.8 million over five years for long-term management and storage of elemental mercury. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said in a Thursday press release Waste Control Specialists (WCS) will provide DOE with a lease-hold interest in a container […]

A bill that would create a nuclear waste agency outside the Department of Energy has “good bones” and could be a rallying point for the nuclear industry, a federal official said Wednesday. The bill, filed Sept. 24 by Reps. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) and August Pfleuger (R-Texas), is the latest legislative pitch to remove management of […]

It’s not exactly radioactive waste definitions for dummies, but a National Governors Association task force has produced a document to help state and federal agencies stay on the same page when discussing cleanup of government nuclear weapons testing and production. “The purpose of this document is to help states impacted by cleanup at U.S. Department […]

The federal government should pay $145 million for failing to remove spent nuclear fuel from three shuttered New England power plants over five years, court papers filed last week show. The payment, jointly agreed to by the plant operators and federal officials, must still be approved by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The government […]

There will be no significant environmental impacts from allowing Diablo Canyon’s spent fuel storage to operate for another 40 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week.  NRC issued its finding of no significant impact for Diablo Canyon’ sindependent spent fuel storage facility on Tuesday in the Federal Register, a little less than a month […]

In a 37-page framework for meeting its commitment to triple U.S. nuclear energy generation by 2050, the White House on Tuesday devoted about one page to disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The framework was a sort of deliverable that followed the U.S.’ 2023 pledge at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Twenty four other […]

Forgoing a recount, a Canadian municipality on Tuesday formally acknowledged its citizens’ vote to become a potential host site for a permanent radioactive waste repository. The governing council of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, accepted the results in a special meeting, according to a municipal news release. In late October, 51% of South Bruce voters approved the municipality’s […]

The Department of Energy’s drive to site an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel was designed to survive the consequences of U.S. elections and seesawing annual appropriations, an agency official said Thursday. “We’re creating a process that is agnostic of politics,” Marla Morales, director of the Office of Consent Based Siting in the Department […]

Forgoing a recount, a Canadian municipality on Tuesday formally acknowledged its citizens’ vote to become a potential host site for a permanent radioactive waste repository. The governing council of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, accepted the results in a special meeting, according to a municipal news release. In late October, 51% of South Bruce voters approved […]

In a 37-page framework for meeting its commitment to triple U.S. nuclear energy generation by 2050, the White House on Tuesday devoted about one page to disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The framework was a sort of deliverable that followed the U.S.’ 2023 pledge at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Twenty four other […]

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority this week authorized operation of an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Mutsu City in the Aomori prefecture, one of the northernmost points of the largest Japanese island, Honshu, the English-language publication NHK World Japan reported.  The facility, the first of its kind in Japan, will store spent fuel […]

Residents of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, on Monday voted to become a potential host site of a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. The difference between consenting to the repository and not came down to fewer than 100 votes, according to official results dated Tuesday. Consent carried the day though, with 1,604 voters for the repository […]

Residents of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, on Monday voted to become a potential host site of a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. The difference between consenting to the repository and not came down to fewer than 100 votes, according to official results dated Tuesday. Consent carried the day though, with 1,604 voters for the […]

Residents of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, began voting this week about whether they wish to host a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. Voting began Oct. 22 and was to run through Oct. 28, according to the municipality’s website. The seven-member South Bruce council decided this spring to let residents decide directly whether the municipality […]

Briefings in a federal appeal of a ban on commercial interim storage of spent nuclear fuel may not be finished until January, according to the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket. The Supreme Court case consolidates two appeals of a 2023 ruling in which a lower court, responding to a lawsuit by the state of Texas, held […]

The Republican candidate for Nevada’s contested U.S. Senate Seat, Sam Brown, said the magic words again during a debate with incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). “Yucca Mountain is dead.” Brown, who found himself on the wrong side of the politically charged issue earlier in his race, said in 2022 that developing Yucca could be a […]

Residents of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, were to begin voting today about whether they wish to host a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. Voting began Tuesday morning and runs through Oct. 28, according to the municipality’s website. The seven-member South Bruce council decided this spring to let residents decide directly whether the municipality should […]

Briefings in a federal appeal of a ban on commercial interim storage of spent nuclear fuel may not be finished until January, according to the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket. The Supreme Court case consolidates two appeals of a 2023 ruling in which a lower court, responding to a lawsuit by the state of Texas, held […]

Environmental groups want an appeals court to rehear a case that affirmed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s authority to license commercial consolidation and storage of spent nuclear fuel. The groups led by Beyond Nuclear last week filed for a rehearing en banc, or by all the members of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington […]

Environmental groups want an appeals court to rehear a case that affirmed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s authority to license commercial consolidation and storage of spent nuclear fuel. The groups led by Beyond Nuclear last week filed for a rehearing en banc, or by all the members of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington […]

A joint interim committee of the Wyoming legislature on Tuesday adopted a draft bill that would allow for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state. The state legislature’s joint interim Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee voted 8-5, with one excused absence, to take up what had to that point been a […]

A Wyoming lawmaker on Tuesday planned to introduce a bill that would allow for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state, according to the legislature’s website.  A draft of the bill was posted online ahead of this week’s planned session of the The Wyoming state legislature’s joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development […]

Three companies that used to operate New England power plants were to meet Wednesday to consider a federal settlement offer in a lawsuit over spent nuclear fuel, a Friday court filing shows. The board of directors for Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, and Yankee Atomic Electric Company will jointly consider […]

Steven Becker, Allen Croff, Tissa Illangasekare and Kenneth Peddicord left the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Friday as part of a major membership facelift finalized last week by President Joe Biden. A board spokesperson confirmed the four people had left in an email sent Tuesday to the Exchange Monitor. The White House on Friday said it […]

Steven Becker, Allen Croff, Tissa Illangasekare and Kenneth Peddicord left the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Friday as part of a major membership facelift finalized last week by President Joe Biden. A board spokesperson confirmed the four people had left in an email sent Tuesday to the Exchange Monitor. The White House on Friday said it […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear oral arguments in cases arising from a lower-court’s 2023 ban of commercial interim storage of spent nuclear fuel. The high court had not scheduled arguments as of Friday.  In a lawsuit filed by Texas, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2023 voided spent-fuel […]

Steven Becker, Allen Croff, Tissa Illangasekare and Kenneth Peddicord left the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Friday as part of a major membership facelift finalized last week by President Joe Biden. A board spokesperson confirmed the four people had left in an email sent Tuesday to the Exchange Monitor. The White House on Friday said […]

President Joe Biden (D) on Friday said he would nominate six people to serve on the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. The board is a sort of technical consultant and peer reviewer for Department of Energy programs related to both high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants. Members serve four-year terms […]