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New Mexico bans spent fuel storage
New Mexico on Friday legalized a ban on the storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state, potentially complicating Holtec International’s proposal to build a spent-fuel storage depot there. On Friday, the state House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 53 by a margin of 35 to 28. Gov. Michelle Lujan (D) signed the bill the same day, enacted a ban against spent fuel storage facilities to which New Mexico has not “consented to or concurred,” according to the text of the new law. The law does not stop there; it also bans construction of a spent-fuel storage facility in New Mexico until “a permanent repository is in operation.” In the state…		 Upcoming Events

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‘Department of Everything’ cleanup chairs cover issues from budget-to-Miss America
The Department of Energy has a nickname: “the Department of Everything,” the acting DOE nuclear cleanup boss told weapons complex citizen advisory board chairs this week.   The DOE Office of Environmental Management senior adviser William (Ike) White retold the joke…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a congressional hearing Thursday, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Department of Energy thinks the startup of the waste vitrification plant at the Hanford Site in Washington will not slip too much further into the…
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NRC will not make decision on Holtec interim storage license before May
Citing a lack of resources, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday delayed its decision to license a proposed commercial interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel by up to two months. NRC delivered the news in a letter to Kimberly…
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Biden budget, memo call for reduced reliance on B83 gravity bomb
Citing a national security memorandum that describes a reduced need for the B83 thermonuclear gravity bomb, the National Nuclear Administration proposed cutting funding for the weapon in its 2024 budget request.  The NNSA proposed cutting $28 million from funding for…
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