Vol. 6, No. 77

Naval Nuclear Propulsion

U.S., U.K. Will Help Australia Get Nuclear-Powered Attack Subs

In an announcement with implications for a wide cross section of nuclear policy professionals and the nuclear industry, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that Australia will acquire nuclear attack submarines — of origin and fuel type yet to be determined — as part of a new trilateral accord with the U.S. and the U.K. After […]
  • International

    Granholm Off to Austria to Talk Nuclear Energy

    The Secretary of Energy will head off to Europe next week to lead the U.S. delegation at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s General Conference, the Department of Energy announced Thursday. At the annual conference in Vienna, Austria, Secretary Jennifer Granholm will give a speech “underscoring the use of nuclear to combat climate change, advance medical […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Texas Interim Storage License a “Massive Blunder,” Says Host County Rep

    A U.S. congressman representing the Texas county slated to host an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to walk back its approval of the site in a press release Tuesday. “The decision handed down by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to license a new nuclear waste storage site in […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Alerts NM Court to Texas Interim Storage License

    In a court case over an interim storage facility planned for New Mexico, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tapped the judge’s shoulder Tuesday to let him know they had licensed a similar site just one state over. In a Tuesday court filing, NRC alerted the U.S. District Court for New Mexico to a license the agency […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    States, Tribes Along WIPP Haul Routes Could Share $8.9M in Fiscal 2022

    States and tribal governments along haulage routes leading to the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico could divvy up about $8.9-million in federal project grants during fiscal 2022, according to a recent notice. “The participating States, tribes, and the DOE will work to develop, coordinate, and implement activities in accident prevention, […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Oregon ‘Cautiously’ Backs Test-Bed Demo for Hanford Tank Waste

    Oregon state officials are “cautiously” behind the U.S. Department of Energy’s effort to “prove out” technology to grout up to 2,000 gallons of low-activity tank waste at the Hanford Site in neighboring Washington and dispose of it outside of the Pacific Northwest. “Oregon has not previously issued public statements regarding the Test Bed Initiative,” Maxwell […]

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