Vol. 8, No. 102 Appeals court says NRC cannot license commercial interim storage; strips license from Orano-WCS joint venture
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC staffing shortfall will clog licensing of new reactors, GAO says
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not have the staff it needs to license new nuclear reactor designs and needs to take another look at its hiring programs before that can change, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office. The agency, which regulates civilian nuclear power plants and the waste they produce, has […]
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Decommissioning
In change of plans, Hanford prime wants to tear down 324 Building before soil cleanup
The Department of Energy’s solid-waste cleanup contractor at the Hanford Site in Washington state now recommends tearing down the above-ground portion of the decaying 324 Building before digging up radioactively-contaminated soil under the structure’s B cell. In an Aug. 23 presentation to the Hanford Advisory Board, Central Plateau Cleanup Co. President John Eschenberg said he […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Feds line up next pretreatment cycle for Hanford liquid waste, plan next steps on grouting
The Department of Energy is more than halfway toward its goal of removing cesium from a million gallons of liquid radioactive waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a prerequisite for solidifying the waste in the coming years, a DOE manager told the Hanford Advisory Board Aug. 23 Cesium removal should resume in September […]