Vol. 9, No. 16

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Fifth Circuit will not give NRC another chance to prove commercial interim storage is legal

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will have to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if it wants another chance to prove that it can legally license commercial interim storage of spent nuclear fuel. According to an order dated Thursday, judges of the Fifth Circuit voted 9-7, with one recused, not to rehear the NRC’s argument that […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP should have reported when 2 miners were stuck in hoist

    The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant should have reported a Jan. 23 incident, where two miners were stuck up to 30 minutes in a waste hoist lowering them underground, to the Department of Energy’s accident reporting system, a federal safety watchdog says. “Site… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Idaho DOE managers to brief congress on spent fuel plans

    PHOENIX —A trio of managers from branches of the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Laboratory planned to travel to Washington, D.C., later this month to brief congressional staffers on sitewide spent nuclear fuel management at the lab. Connie Flohr,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE agrees to install mobile showers at Hanford disposal site under settlement

    Under a settlement with the state, the Department of Energy will install portable showers at the Integrated Disposal Facility once it starts receiving canisters of glass made from radioactive waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The agreement, dated March… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Former Veolia manager takes new job with Alpha

    Michael Moulin-Ramsden, a former Veolia Nuclear Solutions manager, joined Alpha Safety last month as its director of business development for the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, according to a LinkedIn post. Moulin-Ramsden, who spent about eight years with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Budget & Policy

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: March  18: Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Holtec International. Hybrid meeting. “Palisades Pre-submittal Meeting with Holtec Decommissioning… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]

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