Vol. 5, No. 77 73 Cases of COVID-19 Recorded at Portsmouth Site Contractor So Far
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Commercial Decommissioning
NRC Approves Three Mile Island Unit 2 License Transfer for Decommissioning
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday greenlighted the transfer of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 license to EnergySolutions subsidiary TMI-2 Solutions from FirstEnergy Companies for decommissioning. Three Mile Island’s Unit 2, located 10 miles from Pennsylvania’s capital city of Harrisburg, shut down in 1979 after its core partially melted down in the biggest accident in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Emergency Bill To Repeal Ohio Nuclear Bailout Law Scheduled for Second Hearing Thursday
In a special session of the Ohio legislature on Wednesday, one lawmaker defended his proposal to delay, rather than outright repeal, a rate increase levied by a controversial, corruption-stained nuclear power-plant bailout passed in 2019. Another hearing will be held Thursday after the regular session. Rep. Jim Hoops’ (R) bill HB 798, unlike competing proposals […]
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Transuranic Waste
Clock About to Expire on Current North Wind Deal at Carlsbad
The current $44-million Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract is set to expire this week for a North Wind subsidiary at the Department of Energy field office in New Mexico. The DOE can exercise an option to keep North Wind Portage on board through June 3, 2021 while the Office of Environmental Management continues to look for […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Environment and Public Works Approves Nuke Reform Bill
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Committee approved its bi-partisan American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020 at a Wednesday business meeting. If passed, a tall order, with less than a month remaining in the 116th Congress, the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020 (ANIA) would by January 2022 require the Department of Energy […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Recent and Impending DOE Leadership Churn Highlight Need to Fix NNSA Chief’s Term, Nat’l Academies Panel Says
The personnel churn in the Donald Trump administration’s nuclear-weapons enterprise and Joe Biden’s election as President of the United States highlight the urgency of giving the administrator of the National nuclear Security Administration a fixed term, members of a National Academies panel said Wednesday. “At the moment we not only have secretary and deputy secretary […]
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International
Russia Still Willing to Deal With Trump Administration on New START, Ambassador Says
Russia would still do a deal with the Donald Trump Administration to extend the New START nuclear arms-control treaty, but a five year extension would be best, because negotiating a follow-on treaty will be very difficult, the Russian ambassador said Wednesday in a webcast hosted by a D.C. think tank. “If anybody can call me […]