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Appeals court says NRC cannot license commercial interim storage; strips license from Orano-WCS joint venture
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission had no authority to license an Orano-Waste Control Specialists joint venture in Texas to build and operate an interim storage site for spent fuel, a federal court ruled Friday. In 2021, after the NRC granted the Interim Storage Partners joint venture a license to store spent fuel at Waste Control Specialists’ existing site Andrews County, Texas, the state sued NRC in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Texas argued that NRC had no authority to grant the license and that the decision of where to store spent nuclear fuel qualified as a major question that only Congress could constitutionally resolve. But the NRC said it was…		 Upcoming Events
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Waste board probes DOE on states rights, public disclosure of consent-based consortia’s work
Members of a federal board on Wednesday questioned whether Department of Energy grantees could make inroads with state governments as part of the agency’s drive to find a host community for a federal interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel.…
Weapons Complex Monitor
Holtec says Palisades could restart in August 2025; NRC pushback on environmental review
The shuttered Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan could restart in about two years, plant owner Holtec International told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a public meeting Tuesday. The date will depend among other things on whether Holtec, Jupiter, Fla.,…
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DOE in search of potential clean energy developers for Hanford Site, according to RFI
In keeping with a White House-backed program to develop clean energy on Department of Energy weapons complex land, the Hanford Site in Washington state plans to host industry players this month in order to learn more about the property’s potential…
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NNSA mismanaged subcritical explosive testing programs, GAO finds
The National Nuclear Security Administration mismanaged development of two machines used to measure the explosive power of nuclear weapons, leading to program delays and cost overruns, the Government Accountability Office found in a recent report.  To continue its long-running program…
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