Vol. 8, No. 16 Liquid-waste roundup: Hanford glass unlikely in 2023; Small IWTU leak; Salt waste behind pace
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Shakir out at Westinghouse
Sam Shakir, president of Westinghouse Electric Company’s operating nuclear power plant services, has left the company, the company said in a press release Monday. Shakir’s departure was effective immediately, the company said. He had been head of Westinghouse’s operating reactors division for about eight months but has “decided to pursue opportunities outside of the company,” […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
Livermore director testifies to Congress about ‘significant’ promise of ‘feasible’ fusion energy
The technology that powers the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s main nuclear-weapon testing center is a viable bedrock for a nuclear fusion power plant, the lab’s director testified Tuesday in Congress. Based on data available today from Livermore’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), “it is feasible to develop a fusion energy power plant based on the inertial […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Paducah landlord contract ‘unique,’ DOE manager says, stay tuned for final decision
PHOENIX – DOE is still deciding the longer-term fate of a landlord services contract for the Paducah Site in Kentucky after a federal appeals court ruled in December that incumbent Swift & Staley exceeded the size limits for the small-business set aside award, an agency official said here. “We are working through a decision-making process,” […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Advanced reactor operators, ratepayers likely to saddle costs of spent fuel storage, Orano tech expert says
PHOENIX — Thanks to an updated agreement between the federal government and a nuclear power plant operator, owners of advanced nuclear reactors will likely have to foot the bill for spent fuel storage at their facilities, an industry expert said here Wednesday. For advanced reactors, the new spent fuel management contract between the Department of […]
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Decommissioning
NRC unsure if it will require approval of power-plant decommissioning plans
PHOENIX — It’s still unclear whether the final version of a proposed rule change aimed at streamlining nuclear power plant decommissioning will require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to okay licensees’ plans for dismantling their sites, officials said here Tuesday. NRC staff, who are currently putting together the agency’s final decommissioning rulemaking, “are looking at” whether […]