Vol. 2, No. 68 Waste Control Specialists-EnergySolutions Merger Called Off
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National Laboratories
Los Alamos Mistakenly Ships Nuke Material by Air
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico mistakenly transported nuclear material to two other national laboratories by air instead of by ground, the Energy Department’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration said late Friday. While the material was prepared for transport by commercial ground cargo, as was proper, shipment documents indicated it should be flown by […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Exelon Notifies NRC of Planned Three Mile Island Closure
Exelon last week formally notifed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plans to permanently close the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The company’s Exelon Generation subsidiary on May 30 announced the planned closure of the plant’s reactor Unit 1. Official notice to the agency that regulates commercial nuclear power operations is a […]
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Decommissioning
Dominion Moves All Kewaunee Spent Fuel into Dry Storage
Dominion Energy has finished moving spent fuel at the retired Kewaunee nuclear plant in Wisconsin into dry cask storage. The 556-megawatt Kewaunee Power Station closed in May 2013 after nearly 40 years of operation. Shortly after retirement, the plant still had fuel in both spent fuel pools as well as a generally licensed independent spent […]
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International
Australian Town Remains Interested in Nuclear Waste Storage
Voters in the South Australian town of Kimba indicated they want their community to remain in consideration to host a storage facility for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. In a postal vote officially concluded last Wednesday, 698 residents and landholders answered this question: “Do you support a nomination for a site being progressed to Phase […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Lawmaker Lauds B-21 Acquisition Program
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) says the Air Force B-21 stealth bomber program is “bucking” the trend of major Defense Department acquisition programs that suffer lengthy schedule delays and large cost overruns. In a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing last week for Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive who has been nominated to be deputy […]