Correction

The Nov. 20 edition of RadWaste Monitor misidentified the manager of a LLRW disposal site in Beatty, Nev. The state of Nevada manages the site. The article also misattributed fines the EPA issued in 2010. The fines relate to an adjacent US Ecology RCRA facility.

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NRC wants to bring more clarity in GTCC disposal rulemaking, Marzano says

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working to continue navigating the management of Greater than Class C (GTCC) waste through recent rulemaking, Commissioner Matthew Marzano said Wednesday here.
The NRC Commissioner opened up the third and…

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DOE prepares for high burnup research cask shipment in 2027

The Department of Energy and a handful of its contractors are gearing up to receive a high burnup research cask shipment at the Idaho National Laboratory in the coming year.
The high burnup research cask will be shipped out of Dominion Energy’s North Anna Power…

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Nuclear consolidation continues as EnergySolutions buys WMG

The recent trend of nuclear sector consolidation is continuing as Salt Lake-based EnergySolutions said Thursday it has bought WMG, a provider of engineering services and software.
WMG was founded in 1979 and is known in part for its trademarked RADMAN software…

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Energy Capital Partners to repurchase EnergySolutions

Energy Capital Partners, a multi-billion-dollar energy-focused investment firm, will re-acquire EnergySolutions from TriArtisan Capital Advisors for an undisclosed price, the companies said this week.
The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals…

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Energy Capital Partners to acquire EnergySolutions again

Energy Capital Partners, a multi-billion-dollar energy-focused investment firm, will re-acquire EnergySolutions from TriArtisan Capital Advisors for an undisclosed price, the companies said this week.

The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close this year. EnergySolutions said in a press release. The investment firm said the decision to buy EnergySolutions again “comes at a time of transformational change for the nuclear sector,” according to the same release.

Energy Capital Partners previously acquired EnergySolutions in 2013 for $1.1 billion. The investment firm brought in TriArtisan Capital Advisors as a minority stakeholder in 2018 and eventually sold all of its ownership to TriArtisan Capital Advisors in May 2022.

Energy Capital Partners has stayed in contact with EnergySolutions since the investor exited its previous investment in the company four years ago, according to the release.

“We see tremendous potential for its platform as the role of nuclear energy in meeting the rising need for reliable baseload power continues to grow,” Energy Capital Partners’ Drew Brown said. “EnergySolutions has built deep expertise in supporting nuclear facilities safely and responsibly throughout their lifecycle. We’re excited to partner with them again as they continue serving their customers and contributing to a more secure energy future.”

“Today’s announcement marks an important milestone for EnergySolutions,” Ken Robuck, EnergySolutions President and CEO, said. “Over the past several years, we have broadened our offerings across the nuclear sector and strengthened our ability to deliver integrated solutions for customers.”

The EnergySolutions announcement is part of a recent uptick in consolidation of the nuclear environmental sector, TechSource was bought by Salas O’Brien in January. A few weeks earlier, Geosyntec agreed to buy Longenecker & Associates. 

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, EnergySolutions operates in various parts of the nuclear fuel cycle, such as decommissioning and waste management, in the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe. 

The company owns a major commercial low-level radioactive waste facility in Clive, Utah that is used by the Department of Energy and other clients. 

In late 2025, a Northwest regional authority gave EnergySolutions permission to receive low-level radioactive waste from Ontario, Canada at the Clive, Utah facility. In 2019, EnergySolutions started buying retired nuclear power plants for decommissioning. 

EnergySolutions has recently begun to explore nuclear generation, filing a notice with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to seek to build new nuclear power at the Kewaunee site in Wisconsin.

Wayne Barber contributed to article. 

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Coalition urges regional compact to reject imported radwaste from Ontario

A coalition of 88 citizen groups critical of nuclear energy are asking a regional authority for the Northwest to reject a plan by EnergySolutions to import up to 1.3 million cubic yards of low-level radioactive waste from Ontario, Canada to the company’s disposal…

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Coalition urges regional compact to reject imported radwaste from Ontario

A coalition of 88 citizen groups critical of nuclear energy are asking a regional authority for the Northwest to reject a plan by EnergySolutions to import up to 1.3 million cubic yards of low-level radioactive waste from Ontario, Canada to the company’s disposal…

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NRC issues construct permit to TVA for Clinch River SMR project

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) a construction permit Tuesday for its Clinch River Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
TVA’s Clinch River SMR becomes the second domestic SMR project to receive…

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EM’s Walsh envisions growing reactor fleet in South Carolina, including SRS

AIKEN, S.C. – The Department of Energy wants to see eight large-scale nuclear reactors operating in South Carolina by 2036, and an advanced small modular reactor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in the foreseeable future, Tim Walsh, DOE’s Assistant Secretary…

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GAO urges clearer standards for DOE land transfers

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending Congress consider clarifying the roles of the Department of Energy and its regulators when remediated lands from Cold War and Manhattan Project sites are transferred to local communities.
In a report released…

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EM boss Walsh to discuss South Carolina nuclear future

The Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management Tim Walsh is scheduled to visit the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative on the campus of the University of South Carolina-Aiken Thursday to highlight the “Nuclear Renaissance in the…

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Fort Benning begins site planning for three Janus microreactors

The Army has begun site planning for three nuclear microreactors at Fort Benning, Ga., as an early step toward deploying the systems under its Janus energy resilience program.
Fort Benning hosted an initial Janus Program site visit Oct. 16 with Army planners, officials…

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Fort Benning begins site planning for three Janus microreactors

An aerial view of a large industrial construction project with cranes and a partially built reactor structure.

The Army has begun site planning for three nuclear microreactors at Fort Benning, Ga., as an early step toward deploying the systems under its Janus energy resilience program.
Fort Benning hosted an initial Janus Program site visit Oct. 16 with Army planners, officials…

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European company pushes for new MOX facility

Years after the Department of Energy cancelled the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina, a company based in France is making ambitious plans for MOX at the nuclear complex.
The original multi-billion-dollar…

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With the rise of DOE land transfers, GAO urges clearer standards

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending Congress consider clarifying the roles of the Department of Energy and its regulators when remediated lands from Cold War and Manhattan Project sites are transferred to local communities.
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Army’s Janus program potential support for broader ‘Fortress America’ energy push

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Army’s Janus nuclear power program could support the military’s broader energy resilience goals under the Donald Trump administration’s “Fortress America” initiative, though officials said the effort will encompass multiple energy…

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