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NRC licenses Holtec to store spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico; New Mexico pols oppose
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week licensed Holtec International to operate a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico, where politicians vowed to block the project. Holtec’s is one of two proposed consolidated interim storage facilities the NRC has licensed over the last two years to receive spent fuel. If built, these facilities would be the only destinations available for fuel now stored onsite at the nuclear power plants that generated it. With its new NRC license, Jupiter, Fla.-based Holtec’s proposed HI-STORE facility could take on up to 8,680 metric tons of uranium, the equivalent of 500 canisters, “in the form of undamaged fuel assemblies, damaged…		 Upcoming Events

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GAO denies bid protest over Centerra SRS security contract
The Government Accountability Office Tuesday denied a bid protest challenging the Department of Energy’s award of a new security contract to Centerra at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. While a redacted version of the Government Accountability Office (GAO)…
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In rare move, Atkins-led losing bidder skips GAO, takes DOE to court over $45B Hanford award
An Atkins-led team’s decision to bypass the Government Accountability Office and take a Department of Energy bid protest straight to the Court of Federal Claims is rare but not shocking given that $45 billion hangs in the balance, industry people…
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Republicans blast Baran as ‘impediment’ to nuclear renaissance in NRC renomination hearing
In a Tuesday hearing about his nomination to a third term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Republican Senators painted Commissioner Jeffrey Baran as an impediment to nuclear progress. However, none of the Republicans who questioned Baran in his Wednesday nomination…
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Los Alamos plutonium-handling gloveboxes breached several times in March, April
At least five glove-box breaches occurred at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in late March through mid-April, though none of the incidents resulted in worker skin contamination or otherwise compromised their health, according to two reports from the Defense Nuclear…
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