Vol. 7, No. 29 
Proposed NM Rad Waste Bill Dead, Chief Supporter Says
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Contracts & Procurement
More States, Chamber of Commerce Claim Biden Went Too Far in Contract Vax Orders
Eighteen more states, some with Department of Energy nuclear cleanup sites, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, filed legal briefs this week supporting a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling that blocked President Joe Biden from requiring most federal contractor employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Amicus curiae or “friend of the court” briefs were filed […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Counties Surrounding SRS Would Take Lion’s Share of DOE Plutonium Settlement Money, Under State Senate’s Plan
In the state Senate’s latest plan to split the baby, counties surrounding the Savannah River Site would get about 65% of the mega-settlement South Carolina struck with the Department of Energy in 2020 over plutonium storage. State senators on Tuesday unanimously approved sending some $341 million of the settlement to Allendale, Barnwell and Aiken, the […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Receives Eight Shipments During January
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico received eight shipments of defense-related transuranic waste during the month of January, according to the latest data on the public website for the disposal facility. During January the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) received four shipments each from the Idaho National Laboratory and an […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Scraps Enviros’ Request for Hearing on Exelon Plant Transfers
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has canned a coalition of anti-nuclear groups’ call for a public hearing on a recently-approved order allowing Exelon to transfer ownership of over a dozen of its former nuclear plants to its generation spin-off company, the agency said Monday. The Environmental Law and Policy Center (EPLC) nonprofit and anti-nuclear group Three […]
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Decommissioning
Wisconsin Public Service Commission to Hold Hearing on Kewaunee Plant Sale
Members of the public should get an opportunity next month to weigh in on the sale of a Wisconsin nuclear power plant to a decommissioning company, the state’s public service panel said Wednesday. It’s the next major public forum for a sale that was shaping up to be an open-and-shut deal until New York-based decommissioning […]