Reactor Licensing & Regulation

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday filed a procedural motion to limit further debate on Christopher Hanson’s nomination to serve five more years at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. When the Senate returns to Washington on June 3, lawmakers will vote at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on the petition to invoke what is formally […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission planned a virtual public meeting to take comments about a planned redesign of its online public records system, the agency said Wednesday. The agency planned to host the Microsoft Teams meeting May 21 to discuss a replacement for its web-based Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). Members of the public […]

The House on Wednesday evening passed a bipartisan, bicameral package of nuclear-energy reforms, leaving the bill only a Senate concurrence away from the President’s desk. The  Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, which includes the compromise version of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, passed 393-13 on Wednesday evening. Twenty-three lawmakers […]

The House on Wednesday evening passed a bipartisan, bicameral package of nuclear-energy reforms, leaving the bill only a Senate concurrence away from the President’s desk. The  Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, which includes the compromise version of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, passed 393-13 on Wednesday […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission planned a virtual public meeting to take comments about a planned redesign of its online public records system, the agency said Wednesday. The agency planned to host the Microsoft Teams meeting May 21 to discuss a replacement for its web-based Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). Members of the public […]

The House of Tuesday concluded debate about but delayed a vote on a bill that includes more than 90 pages of federal nuclear policy reforms. Under clause eight of House voting rules XX, a roll-call vote on the reforms, which have been added to an unrelated bill already passed by the Senate, was postponed. Votes […]

A package of nuclear-energy reforms reconciling popular House and Senate proposals is part of a House bill scheduled for a vote this week, according to the majority leader’s calendar. The House was set to vote Tuesday on the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, a bill from the Senate that at first ran all […]

Friday was to be Kathryn Huff’s last day on the job as the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy. Huff, who has led the office since 2022 and joined DOE in 2021, planned to return to academia, she wrote last month in a farewell email to colleagues.   A Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission can let the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant operate past the expiration of its federal license while the plant owner applies for a license renewal, a federal court ruled Monday. Pending a rehearing of the full Ninth Circuit or an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, an independent […]

The Senate Environment and Public Works committee on Wednesday morning approved Christopher Hanson’s nomination for five more years on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee voted 18-1 to approve Hanson, the current chairman of the NRC, and send his nomination to the floor for a vote by the full Senate. Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.), the […]

The Senate Environment and Public Works committee on Wednesday morning approved Christopher Hanson’s nomination for five more years on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee voted 18-1 to approve Hanson, the current chairman of the NRC, and send his nomination to the floor for a vote by the full Senate. Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.), the […]

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was set Wednesday morning to vote on Christopher Hanson’s nomination to serve five more years on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee of jurisdiction for the civilian nuclear regulator was to gavel in at 9:45 a.m. Eastern time at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, according to […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission can let the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant operate past the expiration of its federal license while the plant owner applies for a license renewal, a federal court ruled Monday. Pending a rehearing of the full Ninth Circuit or an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, an independent […]

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will vote Wednesday on whether to give the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman five more years at the agency, the committee said Friday. In a press release, the Senate Environment and Public Works committee said it will consider Christopher Hanson’s renomination as part of a business meeting scheduled […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host a virtual public meeting on April 29 to hear about Holtec International’s quality assurance plan for the planned restart of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan. Holtec will submit the plan after the meeting, according to a notice the NRC filed online this Tuesday. During the virtual gathering, to begin […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host a virtual public meeting on April 29 to hear about Holtec International’s quality assurance plan for the planned restart of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan. Holtec will submit the plan after the meeting, according to a notice the NRC filed online this Tuesday.  During the virtual gathering, […]

Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.) brought a list of old grievances to NRC Chair Christopher Hanson’s renomination hearing on Wednesday, setting the stage for a contentious process with time running short. Hanson’s term runs through June 30, and his quickest road to renomination, unanimous consent on the Senate floor, might prove impassable if Capito and all […]

Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.) brought a list of old grievances to NRC Chair Christopher Hanson’s renomination hearing on Wednesday, setting the stage for a contentious process with time running short. Hanson’s term runs through June 30, and his quickest road to renomination, unanimous consent on the Senate floor, might prove impassable if Capito and all […]

The centerpiece of a federal neutron research complex in Maryland will use highly enriched uranium fuel until at least 2030, according to a recent regulatory filing. That’s because the Department of Energy and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration have yet to develop a fuel the National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR) can use, according […]

The Nuclear Regulatory commission planned a public meeting in Michigan to discuss Holtec International’s planned restart of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert County, Mich. The commission published the meeting notice online. In March, the Department of Energy conditionally agreed to loan Holtec $1.5 billion to restart the plant, something the company believes it […]

The company that was to decommission the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan inappropriately withdrew more than $160 million from the plant’s decommissioning trust fund and did not pay it back, environmental and anti-nuclear activists said Wednesday in a meeting with NRC staff. The activists said Wednesday that they had identified in public reports filed […]

The centerpiece of a federal neutron research complex in Maryland will use highly enriched uranium fuel until at least 2030, according to a recent regulatory filing. That’s because the Department of Energy and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration have yet to develop a fuel the National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR) can use, according […]

The centerpiece of a federal neutron research complex in Maryland will use highly enriched uranium fuel until at least 2030, according to a recent regulatory filing. That’s because the Department of Energy and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration have yet to develop a fuel the National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR) can use, according […]

A federal bailout of Diablo Canyon Power Plant should be paused because the government did not properly review the environmental effects of keeping the plant open, environmentalists said in a lawsuit filed this week. The bailout came from the Department of Energy’s Civilian Nuclear Credits Program and was contingent on DOE completing an environmental impact […]

A federal court late last week vacated Holtec International’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to store spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico. Holtec’s license, granted in May 2023, got caught up in a decision by the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may not license storage of commercial spent […]

A high-ranking Ohio official already indicted for corruption related to struggling nuclear reactors was involved in similar schemes in the Buckeye State, according to court documents filed Friday by the offices of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich. Sam Randazzo, the already-indicted former head of the  Public Utilities Commission of […]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff need a little less than a year to review a request for a license amendment Holtec needs to restart Michigan’s Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, according to a letter published Tuesday. “With respect to your requested completion schedule of March 15, 2025, the NRC staff believes that it will complete the safety […]

The White House last week nominated incumbent chairman Christopher Hansen to serve another term as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If confirmed by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which had not scheduled a hearing on the renomination at deadline, Hanson would remain at the NRC through June 29, 2029. Hanson’s current […]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff need a little less than a year to review a request for a license amendment Holtec needs to restart Michigan’s Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, according to a letter published Tuesday. “With respect to your requested completion schedule of March 15, 2025, the NRC staff believes that it will complete the safety […]

The White House last week nominated incumbent chairman Christopher Hansen to serve another term as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If confirmed by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which had not scheduled a hearing on the renomination at deadline, Hanson would remain at the NRC through June 29, 2029. Hanson’s current […]