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- Canada Nuclear Laboratories Reaches Collective Agreement with United Steelworkers Union
- SONGS Local Community Calls for Faster Spent Fuel Management by DOE
- INTERVIEW: Macfarlane Shares Thoughts on Decommissioning, High-Level Waste, Waste Confidence
- Publication Notice
- Yucca Meets Most Administrative Requirements in NRC’s Vol. 4
- EnergySolutions Resumes Operations at Erwin Facility
- North Dakota Proposes Higher TENORM Disposal Levels
- Eleven Countries Issue Joint Declaration on Medical Isotope Security
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- TCEQ Proposed Rule Would Require Volume Reduction for Out-Of-Compact Waste
- Edward L. Helminski, 1942-2014
- Happy Trails, Polish Cowboy
- No Funding for Yucca or Interim Storage in FY’15 Appropriations Bill
- Yucca Mountain Remains ‘Unworkable,’ Moniz Says
- Kurion Grows International Reach With U.K. Office
- SONGS Chooses Dry Cask Storage Provider
- Senate Confirms Baran to Longer NRC Term
- Entergy Seeks $145 Million Credit Line for Vermont Yankee Spent Fuel Management
- Exelon’s Ginna Plant Could Avoid Shutdown Under New Support Services Agreement
- Wrap Up
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- Two Communities Advance in Canadian Spent Fuel Repository Site Search
- Senate Moves Forward on Confirming Baran’s Re-Nomination to NRC
- Proposal Would Shake Up Utah DEQ Amid State’s DU Review
- Nuclear Waste Fund at Approximately $40B, DOE IG Audit Says
- Army Seeks NRC License Termination for Jefferson Proving Ground
- Canada Extends Chalk River RFRE
- Metropolis Plant to Enter Maintenance Shutdown in Early January
- Sen. Boxer Continues Fight against NRC Document Policy
- DOE Plans To Issue RFP for High-Level Waste Railcar This Month
- Wrap Up
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- Canadian Company Reaches Moly-99 Production Milestone
- Canadian Joint Review Panel Moves to Next Step in DGR Review
- TRU Waste Containers Sent from Idaho to WCS to Meet Commitment to State
- Leading Senate Democrat Voices Support for Yucca Review
- Publication Notice
- Departing NRC Chair Calls for Greater Focus on Decommissioning, Back-End Rulemaking
- Obama Administration Nominates Baran to Finish Departing NRC Chair’s Term
- Centrus Continues CEO Search and Corporate Downsizing
- Environmental Groups Call for Wash. State Nuke Plant to be Closed Over Spent Fuel Concerns
- International Isotopes Announces Net Loss for Q3
- BEA Looking for Company to Commercialize Waste Segmentation Technology
- Ohio Environmental Groups Fight State’s Fracking Waste Facility Authorizations
- Wrap Up
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- Texas Compact Commission Pushes Back Rule Update Working Draft to December
- Republican Lawmakers Renew Pressure for Resumption of Yucca Mountain
- Centrus Reports Stronger Earnings in Latest Quarter Following Completion of Chapter 11
- NNSA Adds Funding to Moly-99 Cost-Sharing Agreements With Two Firms
- WCS Financial Performance Improves in Third Quarter
- Honeywell Restarts Metropolis Operations, Ups Classification of Release Event
- Vermont, Entergy at Odds Over Emergency Plan
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- Perma-Fix Performance Improves in Third Quarter
- USACE Issues RFP For $100 Million Luckey Remediation Contract
- US Ecology Experiences Better Than Expected 3Q
- DOE Issues Draft RFP for LLW and MLW Treatment Contracts
- Canada Extends Deadline for Chalk River RFRE Submittals
- Barge Reactor Decommissioning Draws Local Pushback
- Fukushima Cleanup Reaches Fuel Removal Milestone
- Utah Schedules Public Comment Period for Depleted Uranium for New Year
- Wrap Up
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- DOE Bears Vast Majority of Former Commercial Uranium Mill Costs, Not Operators, IG Finds
- WCS Gets Approval for LANL TRU Waste Storage in Federal Cell
- US Ecology Withdraws Michigan Radiation Increase Request
- Barrage of Legal Challenges Hit NRC Continued Storage of SNF Rule
- Exelon Seeking to Avoid Decommissioning of Illinois, New York Plants
- Perma-Fix Pivoting to Larger Moly-99 Production Design
- Clauss Construction Completes Nonradiological Demo. at SONGS
- DOE Issues RFI for Deep Borehole Disposal Field Study
- NRC Help in Potential Kewaunee Re-Start Premature, Agency Says
- NEI Seeks Changes to Security of Category 1 and 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material
- Honeywell Investigating UF6 Leak at Metropolis Conversion Facility
- Wrap Up
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- DOE Co-mingling Report Recommends Different Repository Disposal Pathways
- NRC Chair Macfarlane to Resign at End of Year
- New Estimate Puts Vermont Yankee Decommissioning at $1.24 Billion
- In Wake of Latest SER Release, Nevada Pushes Back Against Yucca Suitability
- NRC Rule for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Takes Effect
- USACE St. Louis Issues FUSRAP Remediation Sources Sought Notice
- Duke Energy Files Third Round Litigation for SNF Costs
- Wrap Up
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- Missouri Demands Better Preventive Measures at Bridgeton Landfill
- Yucca Mountain Design Meets NRC Regulatory Requirements, SER Volume Three Says
- EnergySolutions Worker Dies After Accident at Erwin, Tenn., Facility
- Perma-Fix, Philotechnics Settle Leftover Waste Lawsuit
- Senator Wants Public Release of SLDA MOU
- NRC Schedules SONGS PSDAR Public Meeting
- PNNL Issues Sources Sought Notice for LLW and MLW Transport Contract
- Wrap Up
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- WCS Exempt Waste Gets Bigger Look in Compact Rules Update
- Senate Swap Could Mean Yucca Revitalization
- SHINE Enters $125 Million Debt and Equity Financing Term Sheet
- New York Lawmakers Join Fight against NORM Disposal in State Landfills
- NRC’s Merged Nuke Material Safety and Safeguards Office Begins Operations
- MRI Awards Subsidies for Fukushima Fuel Debris Studies
- Wrap Up
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- SAFESTOR Process Needs Conservative Decommissioning Trust Fund Mgmt., Industry Officials Say
- Teams Emerge in SONGS Bidding Process
- CEO John Welch Steps Down as USEC Transitions to Centrus Energy Corp.
- Enviro. Groups Threaten Litigation on Waste Confidence
- Second Five-Year Plan for Navajo Cleanup Provides More Detailed Path Forward
- NDA Provides More Details on UK Repository Screening Process
- Wrap Up
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- Kurion Adds CFO in Latest Management Move
- Ohio Grants License for TENORM Turn-Key Company
- Texas Radiation Advisory Board Backs SNF Interim Storage
- West Lake Site Operator Says Fire Not Moving Toward Contamination
- NRC Chair and NEA Director Urge Geologic Disposal of SNF
- Wrap Up
- SCE Submits SONGS Decommissioning Documents to the NRC
- DOE Has Yet to Deliver Yucca Technical Report to NRC
- Perma-Fix Northwest Looking to Add Evaporation System
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- Spent Fuel Logistics Dominate NRC Briefing
- Senators Introduce Resolution Against Canadian Repository
- USEC to Complete Restructuring and Switch Name to Centrus on Sept. 30
- Kurion Shakes Up Corporate Leadership
- EnergySolutions Changes Zion Corporate Leadership
- Senate Confirms NRC Nominations
- Michigan State Lawmakers Introduce Bill Against Fracking Waste
- TEPCO Making Strides on Contaminated Water at Fukushima
- Congress Approves FY15 CR Without DOE Request for Provision for Ft. St. Vrain Facility
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- Part 61 Compatibility Category Stays, NRC Chair Says
- NRC Nominations Move Out of Committee
- INTERVIEW: SONGS CEP Chair David Victor Offers Insight into Community Concerns in the Decommissioning Process
- Canadian Regulator Endorses OPG Waste Verification Plan
- Atkins Officially Acquires Nuclear Safety Associates
- RFP Coming for DOE Waste Treatment Contracts in 30 to 60 Days
- USACE Kansas City Issues Solicitation for RadWaste Engineer Contract
- West Lake Landfill Fire May Be Spreading Near Rad-Contaminated Area
- Spanish HLW Entity Issues $282M Tender for Storage Facility Construction
- IRID Issues RFP for Feasibility Study
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- Isolation Barrier Construction at West Lake 18 Months Away, USACE Report Says
- Kurion Expands Its Fukushima Work
- EnergySolutions Asks for Two Month Extension in DU Disposal PA
- SONGS CEP Chair Offers Glimpse into Public View of Decommissioning Process
- Senate Environment Panel to Hold Hearing on New NRC Nominees Next Week
- Activists Call for Release of Draft Study on NORM Disposal in N.D. Landfills
- Wrap Up
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- As Fracking Boom Continues, States Struggle With Disposal of Radioactive Byproducts
- NRC Unanimously Approves Waste Confidence Final Rule
- Utah Plans DU Safety Evaluation Report Release for Sept. 8
- USACE Kansas City Issues Notice for IDIQ Remediation Contracts
- NRC Approves Faster Regulatory Path for SHINE Moly-99 Technology
- Wrap Up
- Sealed Source Disposal, Cybersecurity Need Improvement, Radiation Source Task Force Report Says
- Nevada Finance Committee Allocates $1.4 Million for Yucca Fight
- Michigan U.S. Rep. Plans Resolution against Canadian Repository
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- WCS Receives State Approval for Facility Expansion, DU Disposal
- Bechtel Confirms Team for Chalk River Procurement
- NRC Tentatively Schedules Waste Confidence Vote
- Miss. PSC Commissioner Emphasizes Opposition to Nuke Waste Facility
- EnergySolutions Files Motion for Re-Hearing in Barnwell Case
- RGA Labs Send Letter of Interest to NRC on Kewaunee Re-licensing
- DOE Looking At Ways To Expand Oak Ridge On-Site Landfill
- Missouri AG ‘Frustrated’ with Unclear West Lake Landfill Timeline
- USEC Noteholders Approve Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
- SCE Releases SONGS Draft PSDAR
- NRC Merges FSME and NMSS
- While We Were Out…
- Wrap Up
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- Publication Notice
- NRC Makes Few Changes in Final Draft of Waste Confidence Rule
- South Carolina Court Slams Barnwell Disposal Practices
- UK Releases White Paper on HLW Siting Process
- Fukushima Trench Strategy Needs New Approach, TEPCO Says
- SONGS Decommissioning Fully Funded, SCE Exec. Says
- Exelon to Push Nuke Shutdown Decision to 2015
- Los Alamos Conducting Market Research to Find Type B Cask Vendors
- Wrap Up
- ORNL Exercises Option to Keep USEC ACP Work Going Through March 2015
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- Waste Control Specialists Looks to Dispose of TRU, GTCC Wastes
- NRC Releases Documents for Draft Final Waste Confidence Rule
- White House Nominates Two to NRC
- Senate E&W Approps Bill Backs Centralized Interim Storage of Spent Fuel
- NRC Rad Source Security a Concern for Senate Appropriators
- Nye County Opposes Nevada’s Request for Yucca Defense Funds
- Firm Looks to Purchase Shuttered Kewaunee Nuke Plant
- Missouri Lawmakers Concerned Over West Lake Barrier Timeline
- MRI Issues RFP for Fukushima Fuel Debris Feasibility Studies
- NRC Will Revisit Spent Fuel Storage Casks CoC Regulations
- GE-Hitachi to Halt Most Work on Laser Enrichment Technology
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- NRC Commissioner Magwood Won’t Recuse Himself Over Future Job
- Wrap Up
- NRC Takes a Closer Look at Nuke Plant Decom. Regulations
- NRC Denies Petition to Halt Nuke Plant Licensing Reviews
- New Waste Confidence Rulemaking on Track to be Finished This Fall, NRC Chair Says
- Westinghouse Installs Spent Fuel Pool Level Technology at Watts Bar
- Mallinckrodt Seeks Financial Assurance Relief for Missouri Decommissioning
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- Yucca Funding in House FY15 Energy Spending Bill Survives Floor Debate
- Nevada Gearing Up for Yucca Licensing Fight
- Holtec Receives $260 Million Tax Credit to Open New Jersey Facility
- Bankruptcy Court Approves USEC Disclosure Statement
- NRC to Senators: No Plans to Change Exemption Process
- NRC Staff Seeks Approval to Help Shine Application
- Exelon Has No Intentions To Close Nuclear Plants, Exec. Says
- Wrap Up
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- WIPP Echoing throughout International Repository Community
- Zion Waste Shipments Back On Track
- Dallas Morning News Editorial Accuses WCS of ‘Stealthily’ Expanding Site Operations
- House to Take Up E&W Approps Bill After Independence Day Recess
- DOE Requests $33 Million Reprogramming to Fund American Centrifuge
- Michigan Senators Reach Out Again to Sec. Kerry on Canadian DGR
- SMUD Awarded $53.1 Million for Spent Nuclear Fuel Costs
- NRC Withdraws Ruling on Amendment to Areva Cask COC
- Philotechnics Shipment to EnergySolutions’ Bear Creek Facility Cited for Noncompliance
- Wrap Up: At Fukushima, In the Industry
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- Will Transuranic Waste Repository Issues Affect DOE’s Planned Interim Storage Program?
- Apostolakis Out As NRC Commissioner
- Senate Approps. Bill Includes Pilot Interim Storage Authorization
- Deputy Energy Secretary Poneman to Leave DOE This Fall
- INTERVIEW: DOE’s Poneman on Efforts to Implement Consent-Based Siting for High-Level Waste Facilities, Future of U.S. Enrichment
- DOE Credibility Issues Hurting Waste Management Program, Experts Say
- New Mexico Startup Enters Moly-99 Mix
- Michigan Senate Passes Resolution Against Proposed Canadian DGR
- EnergySolutions Closing Memphis Processing Facility
- US Ecology Finalizes EQ Acquisition
- UK National Nuclear Lab Developing Freezing Technology
- Enviro. Groups Call for NRC Commissioner’s Resignation
- Wrap Up: At Fukushima, In the Industry, In NWTRB
- Converdyn Sues DOE in Effort to Halt Uranium Transfers
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- NRC Commissioner, Industry Officials Respond to Decom. Exemption Debate
- House Appropriators Seek to Breathe New Life into Yucca Mountain
- GAO: DOE Uranium Transfers May Have Been Done Illegally
- NRC Waste Confidence Rulemaking Still on Track, Commissioner Says
- Kurion Receives Contract for More Fukushima Water Treatment Work
- NWTRB Recommends Wider Scope in High Burnup Storage Study
- Wrap Up: In the Industry
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- Senate Republicans Want Action on Expiring NRC Commissioners’ Terms
- Senate EPW Chair Attacks NRC Again on Decom. Exemptions
- Mississippi PSC Passes Resolution Against Nuke Waste Storage
- TEPCO Begins Construction of ‘Ice Wall’ at Fukushima Site
- Perma-Fix Subsidiary Adding Partners to Isotope Technology
- GMIS Acquisition of Manufacturing Sciences Almost Complete
- Hearing on USEC’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Delayed Again
- Panel Schedules More Hearings for Proposed Canadian Repository
- Army Seeking Disposal Site for DU Material
- NRC Looking at Uniform Waste Manifest Radionuclide Reporting
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- NRC Decides Against Expedited Transfer of SNF to Dry Casks
- Wrap Up: In NRC
- BPC Names Advisory Council for New Nuke Waste Initiative
- SONGS to Move Spent Nuclear Fuel to Dry Storage by 2019
- NRC Excludes Force-On-Force Security Inspections at Decom Sites
- EPA Completes Radiation Screening of Bridgeton Fields
- NRC Proposes Fine for ZionSolutions Security Violations
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- Senate EPW Chair Reprimands NRC for Overcrowding of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools
- Sen. Sanders Fights for Expanded State Role in Nuke Plant Decommissioning
- Nuclear Waste Fund Fee Reduced to Zero
- Army Corps Buffalo District Issues Presolicitation Notice for Luckey Cleanup
- NRC Seeking Public Comment on LLRW Strategic Assessment Update
- USEC Reports $50.8 Million Net Loss in First Quarter 2014
- Northwest Medical Isotopes Announces Plan for Moly-99 Facility
- Government Agencies Closing In on Agreement on Roles for SLDA Cleanup
- Valhi Blames Cask Shortage for WCS Operating Loss In Q1 2014
- International Isotopes Suffers Net Loss In Q1 2014, But Improving from 2013
- Wrap Up: In the Industry
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- House Republicans Press NRC On Yucca Budgetary Decisions
- Perma-Fix Says 1Q 2014 Financial Results Worse Than Expected
- More Fed Characterizations Still Needed At Navajo Uranium Mine Cleanup
- US Ecology Continues 2013 Success In Q1 Of 2014
- NNSA To Transfer $56.65 Million To New American Centrifuge Program
- One Year After Shutdown, Kewaunee Making Progress Towards SAFESTOR
- EPA Will Test Baseball Fields Near West Lake Landfill
- Senators Call For End To Shutdown Reactors Safety Exemptions
- Wrap Up: In EPA, In the Industry