Vol. 7, No. 15 
Pretreatment System for Hanford Liquid Waste Has Processed 50K Gallons, DOE Says
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Lifecycle Cost as Low as $300B, as High as $641B, DOE Estimates
The Department of Energy’s latest best- and worst-case estimates for fully cleaning up the Hanford Site in Washington State were each several tens of billions of dollars lower than the previous estimate, though the calculation released this week does not fully include the cost of delays to the site’s crucial High-Level Waste Facility. The feds […]
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Transuranic Waste
Revived 700-C Fan Started Ops at WIPP Last Month
The Department of Energy and the prime for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico last month brought online the 700-C underground ventilation fan not used regularly since the 2014 accident that forced the disposal site out of service for about three years. Reinhard Knerr, manager of DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office that oversees the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC ‘Well-Positioned’ to Regulate Large-Scale Spent Fuel Transportation, Agency Says
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s current suite of safety regulations should work as intended in the event of a future cross-country nuclear waste transportation campaign, the agency’s material control chief said Wednesday in a public meeting. “We do feel we are well positioned for any future shipments of spent fuel based on our strong regulatory framework […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Happy Birthday, Constellation: Exelon Completes Split of Nukes from Utilities
Exelon has completed its separation from spin-off company Constellation Energy Corp., announced a year ago as the new home for a fleet of nuclear reactors, according to a Tuesday press release. Exelon will continue its electricity utility and distribution business, the company said in the Tuesday press release. The Constellation spinoff will oversee the nuclear, […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Glitch With Davis-Besee Backup Generator ‘Unique,’ ‘Unpredictable,’ Energy Harbor Tells NRC
A glitch with an emergency diesel generator at the Davis-Besse reactor should be classified as a low-to-moderate safety problem, Energy Harbor Corp. staff argued at a Tuesday hearing held by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On May 27, 2021, a field flash selector switch on an emergency diesel generator at the Ohio plant failed a test. […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Pilgrim Plant Waste Water Should ‘Never’ be Dumped into Cape Cod Bay, Mass Lawmaker Says
As legislators on Capitol Hill weigh in on Holtec International’s now-delayed proposal to discharge wastewater from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into a nearby bay, local politicians are also chiming in to voice their opposition. “We will never allow the dumping of radioactive material into Cape Cod Bay,” said state Sen. Susan Moran (D-Plymouth), during a […]