Vol. 6, No. 71
Budget & Policy
White House Considering EM-1 Nominees, Source Says
President Joe Biden’s administration is starting to weigh potential nominees for a permanent assistant secretary for environmental management, including one who has held the post before, an industry source said last week. Under consideration for a possible return to the nuclear-weapons cleanup office is Monica Regalbuto, who led the office from 2015 until 2017 and […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Shreds New Mexico’s Court Argument on Commercial Interim Storage
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday offered a strongly-worded rebuke to the New Mexico attorney general’s claim that a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel violates federal law, according to a new court filing. NRC has the right to license commercial facilities under the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the agency argued in the […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus’ HALEU Cascade Costs Creep Up With COVID
Centrus Energy Corp. has identified about $9 million worth of pandemic-related expenses at its new enrichment cascade in Ohio and wants the Department of Energy to help defray the costs, the company in a regulatory filing. “[W]e plan to seek additional funding commitments from DOE for the additional costs,” Centrus wrote Aug. 13 in its […]