Vol. 8, No. 64 With Roberson’s retirement, DNFSB will lose quorum
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Expenses of Palisades restart detailed in FOIA trove shared by antinukers
The most expensive item needed to restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan is a new steam generator that will cost half a billion dollars, according to a federal grant application from Holtec International obtained by an antinuclear group and distributed Monday to the media. The Washington-based group Beyond Nuclear obtained Holtec’s 42-page application for […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC commissioners to address enviros’ attack on Diablo Canyon spent fuel facility
The four members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were scheduled to appear publicly on Thursday for a brief procedural vote about a California utility’s request to dismiss an antinuclear group’s request for a hearing about the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. In what is known as an affirmation session, the commission members will briefly appear in […]
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Non-Proliferation
No more bilateral treaties; stealth negotiation will key future arms control, ex-State advisor says
Future arms control agreements will be non-treaty accords that begin with “stealthy” conversations between diplomats willing to buck the status quo, a retired State Department official said in Washington at a government-sponsored forum named for him. Even before China began expanding its nuclear arsenal and Russia invaded Ukraine for the second time this century, it […]