Vol. 8, No. 13 Nuclear cleanup boss White talks March IWTU startup, other milestones, at Waste Management
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Transuranic Waste
New WIPP ventilation system could be operating in 25-26 timeframe
PHOENIX — The top manager for the Bechtel affiliate now in charge of the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico expects a new underground ventilation system to be operating by late 2025 or early 2026. Ken Harrawood, president and program manager of Salado Isolation Mining, which took over as prime contract […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NM bill a threat to Holtec interim storage project, company exec says
PHOENIX — A New Mexico bill could put Holtec International’s proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in that state in jeopardy, a company official said here Monday. “Despite all the efforts and resources used to inform and educate the public and organizations [on the proposed HI-STORE interim storage site], there is currently legislation […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Bill blocking Holtec interim storage site clears NM House government committee
A bill intended to check a proposed private interim storage facility for spent nuclear in New Mexico got a step closer to the governor’s desk last week. New Mexico’s House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee, in a 6-3 vote Saturday, approved the proposed measure, which would amend state law to prohibit the storage of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Winning backing for Oak Ridge landfill was tough, House appropriator tells conference
PHOENIX – Winning support for a new low-level radioactive waste landfill at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee took a lot of time and friendly arm-twisting, a member of the House Appropriations Committee told the Waste Management Symposia Monday via electronic hookup from Washington, D.C. “For over 10 years we have needed […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No replacement yet for disgraced spent fuel lead, head of DOE nuclear energy office says
PHOENIX — The Department of Energy has yet to select a candidate to lead its ongoing effort to find a willing community to host a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, the agency’s nuclear power head said here Monday. Although DOE is no longer accepting applications for its vacant deputy assistant secretary for […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NEI spent fuel lead ‘optimistic’ U.S. could have geologic repository by 2059
PHOENIX — An executive with an industry trade group thinks that the U.S. could have a geologic repository for its nuclear waste inventory by mid-century, he said here Monday. Rod McCullum, senior director of decommissioning and used fuel at the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), said Monday during a panel at the Waste Management Symposium in […]
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International
US still waiting for Russia to explain what Moscow’s suspension of last nuke treaty means
Russia’s suspension last week of the world’s biggest bilateral nuclear-weapons treaty is not official yet and Moscow was still talking to the State Department about the treaty as of Monday, a senior agency official said. “The suspension hasn’t been officially effected yet, in the sense that we’re still receiving notifications as recently as today under […]
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National Laboratories
LLNL director headed to Washington for hearing on tech joust with China
Kim Budil, director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was set to testify Tuesday in Washington during a hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The hearing, “The United States, China and the Fight for Global Leadership: Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy,” was on the slate for 10:00 a.m. Eastern […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
NY lawmakers introduce bill blocking wastewater discharge from Indian Point decom site
A New York state legislator on Friday brought forward a bill that, if made law, would prevent the company decommissioning a shuttered nuclear plant there from discharging radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River. The measure introduced by State Sen. Peter Harckham (D), would amend state law to make it illegal “to throw, drain, run or […]