Vol. 8, No. 97 Federal judge in Idaho considers whether to toss county suit over INL waste storage
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Commercial Decommissioning
Wastewater bans in Mass., NY, delay partial release of two shuttered nuke plants, Holtec says
New state rules restricting discharge of irradiated water will delay cleanup of nuclear plants in Massachusetts and New York by four and eight years, respectively, Holtec International told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week. These prohibitions mean the partial site release date of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts will slip to Sept. 24, […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus produces first batch of high-assay low-enriched uranium for DOE
Centrus Energy said it made its first delivery of high-assay low-enriched uranium to the U.S. Department of Energy, fulfilling its initial obligation under a contract to make the material for a new generation of nuclear reactors. The company made it under the wire of the first phase of its current contract, which covered a two-year […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
NRC staff end effort to further police investing compliance in decommissioning trusts
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission discontinued efforts to get more insight into whether nuclear power plant owners are obeying agency rules about which investments are allowed in decommissioning trust funds, commission staff told the agency’s inspector general. Staff made the decision official in September, according to a memo dated Oct. 26 and uploaded to the NRC’s […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
GAO plans SRS report soon; cleanup advisory panel to hear NNSA transition report
The Government Accountability Office should release a report on the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in the coming weeks, the Citizens Advisory Board for nuclear cleanup heard Monday. Savannah River Citizens Advisory Board Chair Gregg Murray dropped the news at the outset of the two-day meeting, being carried via Youtube. The report by the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
North Wind appoints Driggs as new CEO
Richard Driggs, most recently chief operating officer for Michael Baker International, has been appointed the new president and CEO of Idaho Falls-based North Wind Group, the company said Monday. Driggs is a seasoned hand in the engineering and construction industry and brings more than 30 years of experience as chief executive and chief operating officer […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hundreds of feral hogs killed; eaten by vultures at Savannah River Site
The U.S. Forest Service killed roughly 1,200 wild hogs on the grounds of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina during fiscal 2023, many of which were eaten by vultures, the site’s Citizens Advisory Board heard Monday. During his presentation to the Savannah River Site advisory board, forest manager DeVela Clark, also […]