Vol. 8, No. 154 NRC staff says toss enviros’ hearing request about Palisades restart — for now
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
HALEU deconversion bids now due Valentine’s eve; awards, environmental review possible in calendar ‘24
Entities hoping to convert energy-dense uranium into a form suitable for powering advanced reactors have two more weeks to prepare the bids for the Department of Energy, the agency said last week. Bids for the High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Deconversion Acquisition are now due Feb. 13 instead of Jan. 30, the agency wrote in a […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Minnesota fines Xcel Energy for storage of radioactive wastewater at Monticello
A Minnesota regulator fined Xcel Energy $14,000 for storing tritium contaminated groundwater without a permit at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, the state agency said last week. The contaminated groundwater came from leaks that began in November 2022 and continued into March 2023. Xcel cleaned up the leaks, blamed on failed plumbing, but got fined […]
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Budget & Policy
This week
Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: December 20: Hearing, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Future of Arms Control and Deterrence. Senate Dirksen Office Building, Room 419, Washington. Streaming online. 10:00 a.m. Eastern time.