Vol. 2, No. 60 New Yucca Mountain Bill Unveiled; Hearing Set for Next Week
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Moving to Suspend Review of Spent Fuel Site Application
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving quickly to meet Waste Control Specialists’ request that the agency suspend review of its license application for a spent nuclear fuel storage site in West Texas. “As requested by WCS, the staff is taking the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Schedules Meeting on Decommissioning Draft Regulatory Basis
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled three days of meetings next month on the draft regulatory basis for its 2019 decommissioning rulemaking. The meetings from May 8-10 at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md., follow the March publication of the draft… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
California Commission Begins Hearings on Diablo Canyon Closure
The California Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday conducted the first of eight evidentiary hearings on the request from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant within a decade. The utility announced last June that it… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Heller Slams Yucca in Address to Nevada Legislature
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) continued to pound the pulpit this week in opposition to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in his state, vowing to lead the fight against the Trump administration’s apparent plan to revive the dormant project. “I’m… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Enterprise Assessments Office Looking Into Worker Injury at Hanford
The Energy Department’s Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) is investigating Bechtel National, prime contractor for the Waste Treatment Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state, over a worker injury in November. The office did not describe the details… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
IAEA, Universities Develop Research Reactor Decommissioning Guidance
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday it has sealed an agreement with two European educational institutions to develop educational and training material intended to assist in decommissioning of nuclear research reactors. The tools and materials… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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International
NNSA, FBI Conduct Radiation Detection Training in Kazakhstan
The National Nuclear Security Administration and the FBI together conducted an advanced radiation detection and investigative techniques training last month in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the NNSA said Wednesday in a blog post. The training consisted of lectures and activities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former EM Boss to Address South Carolina College Grads
Monica Regalbuto, the Energy Department’s nuclear-cleanup chief during the last two years of the Barack Obama administration, will be the commencement speaker for this year’s graduation ceremony at the University of South Carolina Aiken on May 3. The ceremony… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]