Vol. 6, No. 71

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

NRC Gives its Blessing to Interim Storage in Texas

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission opened the door for history Monday when it approved a private company’s application to build what would be the only consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the U.S.. In a much-anticipated decision Monday, NRC greenlit Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP) proposed consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) in Andrews County, […]
  • Decommissioning

    Illinois Legislature Passes Subsidies to Save Byron, Dresden Nuclear Plants

    Nuclear power in Illinois may be getting a new lease on life after the state legislature voted Monday to approve subsidies for two economically-troubled power plants. The Illinois state Senate voted 37-17 Monday in favor of a bill that provides around $700 million… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Ops Director Heading to IAEA

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s highest-ranking career executive is leaving the agency next month, according to a press release Monday. Margaret Doane, who currently serves as NRC’s executive director of operations, will leave her post effective Oct. 8,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Nuclear Modernization Based on Obsolete Thinking, STRATCOM Commander Says

    The current trillion-dollar nuclear modernization regime is based on obsolete thinking that fails to consider the emerging nuclear danger posed by China, the head of U.S. Strategic Command said Monday at the virtual STATCOM Nuclear Deterrence Symposium. The U.S.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE Stands Behind Nuclear Safety Management Rule in Response to DNFSB

    The Department of Energy last week defended a 2020 update to a key nuclear safety management regulation but said the agency will work with a federal nuclear watchdog over its “technical concerns” with the final rule — including as it relates to aging nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Shipments Slow Down in August

    After recording one of its busier months in more than a year, shipments of transuranic waste to the Department of Energy’s underground disposal site near Carlsbad, N.M., declined in August. Data available Monday on the DOE’s public website for the Waste Isolation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

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