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- NWPA update for interim storage ‘could take years,’ DOE acting spent fuel chief says
- ‘Vast majority’ of U.S. public open to spent fuel recycling, Huff says
- Feinstein flips on Diablo Canyon closure
- Michigan still working to bring Palisades plant back online after closure
- New Mexico defends its right to sue in interim storage case
- Oral arguments scheduled for Texas interim storage suit
- NRC green lights use of TMI-1 decom trust fund for spent fuel, site restoration
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- Diablo Canyon ‘full speed ahead’ on decommissioning despite Newsom’s pleas, exec says
- Holtec exec doubles down on ‘25 timeline for interim storage site despite NRC delay
- Final NRC decom rule scheduled for May ‘24, agency says
- Markey grills NRC commissioner nominees over proposed decommissioning rule
- NorthStar adventurism at Kewaunee has not shaken EnergySolutions’ decom plans COO says
- INL aiming to close fuel cycle, lower costs for advanced nukes, lab’s waste chief says
- DOE should ‘strengthen and improve’ interim storage efforts with more community outreach, NWTRB says in letter
- No issues with Constellation using TMI-1 decom trust fund for spent fuel, site restoration, NRC says
- Second environmental group tells Holtec to reconsider Pilgrim wastewater plan
- NRC renews call to toss enviros’ interim storage suit
- Wrap Up: Project Pele contract; DOE nuclear energy justice fellowship; Cleveland wants FirstEnergy name off Browns stadium
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- Expert, industry question results of Stanford SMR waste report
- Brinton still on deck for a job at NE, Huff says
- DOE reviewing Newsom request to make Diablo Canyon eligible for early bailout
- NRC staff to recommend rules change, or not, for special nuclear material security after summer
- NM AG secures extra time for next volley in interim storage lawsuit
- ‘An arrow in our quiver:’ 15 minutes with Dr. Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy
- Wrap Up: Decommissioning Strategy Forum; Indian Point inspection; Orano’s new spent fuel cask; UK reactor shutdown
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- Final approval for Holtec CISF in New Mexico pushed to 2023, NRC says
- Despite early closure, ‘no plans’ at Holtec to finalize Palisades sale early
- Mulling a Diablo Canyon bailout, California implores DOE to scrap ‘overly broad’ exclusions for nuke credit applicants
- After Cali gov muses on keeping Diablo Canyon open, enviros protest
- Complete decom rule with ‘all due haste,’ nuclear professional org tells NRC
- Pilgrim wastewater plan obeys regulations, NRC tells local town council
- Wrap Up: Granholm visits CT nuke plant; VTR environmental impact statement; NRC updates NuScale safety review
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- DOE extends nuclear credit application deadline
- Texas renews pushback on NRC authority to license interim storage
- Wisconsin public service commission approves Kewaunee plant sale
- Skipping interview with exposed workers at Columbia Generating Station was ‘judgement call,’ NRC says
- No corrosion on SONGS spent fuel canisters, Orano says
- House seat in SONGS district up for grabs
- Decom work back underway at SONGS after worker mishap
- Wrap Up: Pilgrim communities opposing Holtec wastewater plan; Orano in Euro waste transport; Live from Chernobyl
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- Holtec CISF licensing review could run through late summer, NRC says
- Huff sworn in as NE-1
- DOE seeks contractor to evaluate bids for nuke credits
- Markey touts commitment from Holtec to secure stakeholder consent for Pilgrim wastewater discharge
- NRC legal broadside aims to sink New Mexico interim storage suit
- EnergySolutions pushing back on eleventh-hour interventions on Kewaunee plant sale
- NRC IG fires back at staff response to Diablo Canyon feedwater leak investigation
- Wrap up: NRC greenlights EnergySolutions license transfers after stock buyout; Ex NE-1 at Aspen climate conference
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- Interim storage funding opportunity due in early fall, Granholm says
- Huff confirmed as NE-1 with big bipartisan margin in Senate
- Biden admin taps Crowell, former commissioner Caputo for vacant NRC slots
- Summary of interim storage RFI responses coming this summer, DOE says
- Cali gov reconsidering Diablo Canyon shutdown
- NRC moves decom rule comment deadline to August
- EnergySolutions accuses NorthStar of delaying Kewaunee plant sale approval as state regulator nears decision
- Inspection procedures at Diablo Canyon still pass muster after feedwater leak investigation, NRC says
- Wrap Up: Granholm visits new nuke research facility; New research grants from NRC; Pro-nukers rail against proposed advanced reactor regs
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- Entergy unmoved by Michigan gov’s quest for Palisades nuke credits; shutdown proceeding
- Biden Nuclear Energy nominee for DOE breezes through committee on unanimous vote
- DOE seeks $10M in dedicated local, tribal funds as part of interim storage ‘ramp up’ in FY23
- Holtec walks back ‘emotional response’ to Diablo Canyon spent fuel contract
- Interim Storage Partners tag-teams with NRC to kill Texas spent fuel lawsuit
- Renewables outpaced nuclear in 2021, EIA says
- Wrap Up: IAEA’s Ukraine report; University advanced nukes; TMI meltdown doc coming to Netflix
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- As DOE unveils nuke credits, Michigan Gov Whitmer seeks aid for Palisades plant
- More than a third of Palisades workers will transfer to Holtec for decommissioning
- Texas interim storage lawsuit lacks jurisdiction, is unpersuasive, NRC argues
- Senate environment committee to hold field hearing in Pilgrim host city to discuss nuclear decom
- Orano blasts Holtec for spreading ‘misinformation’ about Diablo Canyon spent fuel contract
- TVA, Ontario Power Generation to collaborate on advanced reactors development
- DOD advanced reactor will use domestic fuel, program chief says
- Wrap Up: Nuclear outreach by DOE; NNSA consulting on new reactor exports; SNC-Lavalin scores win in Canada; Deep Isolation’s new advocacy
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- DOE to lay out requirements for nuke credits bidding next week
- NE waste management funding includes interim storage cash
- Environmental justice not clearly defined at NRC, staff says
- Massachusetts state senator rides Holtec on wastewater discharge
- Holtec jabs Diablo Canyon operator for ‘reprehensible’ decision on spent fuel management contract
- Plant closures contributing to declining U.S. nuclear electricity generation, EIA says
- Former Illinois gas exec Hudson joins Entergy as gov affairs VP
- COVID court roundup: Justice looks to start enforcing vaccination mandate for feds; Hanford guards seek permanent exemption
- Wrap-Up: $5M in fed cash for university programs; SNC-Lavalin and Moltex team up on Canada SMRs; Slovenian repository delays
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- NRC decom budget up for ‘23 to account for further reactor shutdowns
- NRC approves proposal to combine GTCC, low-level waste disposal rulemaking activities
- Holtec could build advanced reactor at Oyster Creek ‘tomorrow’ with help from feds, CEO says
- To raise capital for advanced reactors, show investors a ‘viable company,’ IB exec says
- Wisconsin public service commission to make decision on Kewaunee sale by May
- Orano secures spent fuel management contract at Diablo Canyon
- Hope for U.S. fuel reprocessing still kindled at Curio
- Former House E&C chair Upton retiring from Congress
- Wrap Up: IAEA to investigate Chernobyl trenches; Holtec to chat with Palisades community next week
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- NE top line stagnant in FY23 budget request, fuel cycle R&D gets a boost; NRC funding up
- DOE nuclear energy office seeking internal candidates for spent fuel position
- NRC approves Kewaunee plant sale to EnergySolutions as state-level battle rages on
- Palisades sale hearing request still pending at NRC
- All options still on the table for Pilgrim wastewater disposal Holtec repeats
- NRC environmental justice report on the commissioners’ desk
- Wrap-Up: Russians out of Chernobyl; ARPA-E project to provide $48M for spent fuel research
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- NWPA update ‘has to happen’ for federal interim storage, community advocate says
- Interim storage RFI comments to be published by end of the month
- NM AG Balderas still fighting interim storage on another front after district court dismissal
- Enviros pressing NWPA argument in interim storage lawsuit
- Kewaunee plant sale ‘worst proposal ever,’ NorthStar says
- Bill in Massachusetts legislature would block Pilgrim wastewater discharge
- Wrap-up: Zaporizhzhia attack a war crime, U.S. says; Fort Worth weighing in on interim storage suit
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- Summary report on interim storage RFI ‘forthcoming,’ NE-1 nom Huff tells Senators
- Nuke credits in June ‘best case scenario,’ DOE says
- NRC workshopping its part in DOE civil nuke credits rollout
- Oklo, Deep Isolation, DOE labs partner to advance microreactor concept
- ‘No firm commitment’ so far on Holtec SMR site review, company says
- Wrap Up: Zaporizhzhia safe for now; Another Cali town throws in for spent fuel solutions; Perma-Fix and Westinghouse to collab on U.K. waste treatment facility
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- NM district court judge dismisses state’s lawsuit over interim storage
- DOE still developing interim storage funding opportunity, acting spent fuel chief says
- Budget compromise for 2022 lowers NE funding
- Group in Holtec site host county rooting for demise of anti-interim storage bill in Congress
- NRC must stay independent of advanced nukes hype, chair Hanson says at regs conference
- NRC staff aiming to get final decom rule to commissioners by fall ‘23
- Holtec expects NRC approval on CISF by second quarter this year; could be built by 2024
- IAEA looking into reports power back at Chernobyl after blackout
- Almost all U.S. nuclear plants at top regs performance, NRC says
- Bolt-On the Back End: 30 minutes with Sam Shakir, President, Westinghouse Environmental Services
- Wrap Up: DOE’s advanced reactor grants; CT weighing partial nuke ban repeal; Humboldt ISFSI hearing requests open
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- Cruz, Heinrich unveil bill blocking private interim storage
- Biden admin sends NE-1 nom Huff to Senate
- DOE to Begin Issuing Nuke Plant Credits This Summer, Agency Says
- Interim storage RFI input lower than previous attempts, DOE says
- Public Comment for Proposed Decom Rule This Week; Another LLRW Tracking Exemption
- Energy Northwest said good planning prevented worse dosing at Columbia; NRC says luck
- Experts, Enviros Petition Whitmer to Keep Palisades Plant Open
- Dominion’s income back in the black in 2021
- Revenue Down in 2021 for Entergy Nuclear Business After Indian Point Closure
- NRC Chair Hanson Tours SONGS Dry Storage Pad
- Wrap Up: IAEA says no rad threat at Ukraine nuke plant, for now; Cuellar’s primary woes;
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- Huff to Remain in Advisor Role at DOE Until Confirmation Amid NE Office Shakeup, Agency Says
- DOE to Hold Public Seminars on Civil Nuke Credits RFI
- EnergySolutions Asks Wisconsin Commission to Toss NorthStar CEO’s Comments on Kewaunee Sale
- Despite Ohio Bribery Scandal, FirstEnergy Saw Revenue Increase in 2021
- Back-End Revenue Up at Orano in 2021 Following German Nuke Waste Contracts
- Wrap Up: Chernobyl Under Russian Control After Ukraine Invasion; NRC Gets Extra Time to Respond in Texas Interim Storage Case; Michigan Dems Still Against Canadian Repository
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- DOE Employee Alleges Hiring Malpractice at Agency’s Office of Nuclear Energy
- Senate Passes Short-term Budget Patch, Needs Biden’s Signature
- Proposed NM Rad Waste Bill Dead, Chief Supporter Says
- Comments on DOE Nuke Credits Info Request Due in March, Agency Says
- Cali Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Fast-Track SONGS Waste for Disposal
- Wisconsin Public Service Commission to Hold Hearing on Kewaunee Plant Sale
- NRC Scraps Enviros’ Request for Hearing on Exelon Plant Transfers
- UMass Test Reactor Can Use Fuel From Decommissioned WPI Research Plant, NRC Says
- Siting Advanced Reactors at Decommissioned Power Plants a ‘Good Idea,’ Nuclear Expert Says
- Editorial: Sam Brinton’s Credibility is Not an Issue; Desire to Serve Commendable
- Wrap-Up: Diablo Canyon Plant’s Host County Weighs in on Planned Shutdown; Keating Presses NRC on Pilgrim Wastewater; More NRC Covid Exemptions for Nuke Plants
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- DOE Seeking Input on Nuke Credits Auction Process
- Federal Law Does Not Allow Private Interim Storage, TX AG Argues
- Facing Legal Reality Check, NM Legislators Water Down Proposed Rad Waste Ban
- GOP Lawmakers Ask GAO to Audit NRC’s Regs for Advanced Reactors
- DOE ‘Not Ruling Anything Out’ on Interim Storage RFI, Agency Says
- FERC Gives FirstEnergy Three Months to Fix Accounting Improprieties
- Experts, Stakeholders Urge Calif. Gov. Newsom to Halt Diablo Canyon Closure in Letter
- TVA’s New Nuclear Program to Seek NRC License for Advanced Reactor at Clinch River
- NRC Cans Request for Decommissioning Fund Regs Change
- DOE Announces New Appointees to Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
- Wrap-Up: Oyster Creek Host Getting Federal Cash; WV is Back on the Nuclear Power Train; NNSA and Nuclear Energy
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- New Mexico One Step Closer to HLW Ban as Proposed Bill Passes House, Senate Committees
- Anti-Nuker Doubles Down on Demands for Character Hearing About Palisades Decom Co.
- Pilgrim Plant Waste Water Should ‘Never’ be Dumped into Cape Cod Bay, Mass Lawmaker Says
- New Mexico Senator Luján Hospitalized With Stroke; Out a Month or More
- NRC ‘Well-Positioned’ to Regulate Large-Scale Spent Fuel Transportation, Agency Says
- Happy Birthday, Constellation: Exelon Completes Split of Nukes from Utilities
- Editorial: Waste Not …
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- With Governor’s Backing, NM Senate Bill Looks to Ban Spent Fuel Storage in the State
- For Pilgrim Plant Wastewater, Discharge Still Among ‘Likely’ Disposal Options, Holtec Says
- Decision on NRC Call to Dismiss NM Interim Storage Suit Coming ASAP, Court Says
- NJ Economic Development Commission Challenges Favorable Court Ruling for Holtec
- Holtec to Absorb SNC-Lavalin Joint Venture for All Decom Sites
- Holtec Slapped With $50K Fine for Security Violations at Oyster Creek
- Former CA Attorney Sues NRC for San Onofre Spent Fuel Mishap Docs
- Global Spent Fuel Management, Storage Making ‘Significant Progress,” IAEA Report Says
- Wrap-Up: Sweden’s Got a Repository, for Now; Granholm Still Stumping for Nuclear; EnergySolutions Parent Co. Buyout; NRC Issues More COVID Exemptions
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- DOE Planning ‘Competitive Funding’ in 2022 for Potential Federal Interim Storage Hosts
- Huff Officially Nominated as NE-1
- NRC Staff’s Environmental Justice Recommendations Expected in Late March
- NRC Secretary Vietti-Cook to Retire, Former Deputy Counsel Clark Stepping In
- Former NE-1 Baranwal to Join Westinghouse as CTO
- Berkeley, Sandia, LANL Collaborating on International Spent Fuel Research
- Wrap-Up: WV Closer to Reversing Nuke Plant Ban; More CA Communities Throw in for SONGS Spent Fuel Special Interest
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- NE-1 Huff Says ‘Creative’ Responses Coming in to Interim Storage RFI
- DOE Info Request on Civil Nuke Credits Program Weeks Away, Agency Says
- In Letter NWTRB Says ‘Legal Framework’ Needed to Site New Spent Fuel Repository
- Renewable Without Nuclear “Like Running in Place,” Exelon Spin-Off Says
- Mass Lawmakers Urge Holtec Not to Dump Pilgrim Spent Fuel Pool Water into Cape Cod Bay
- NM AG’s Nuke Waste Law Arguments Still Fall Short, NRC Argues
- Holtec to Pay $150K Fine for Oyster Creek Security Violations
- NRC Allowing ‘Project-Based’ Telework as COVID-19 Cases Swell
- Sam Brinton to Join DOE as Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition Deputy
- Wrap-Up: RIC Goes Virtual; DOE Spent Fuel Railcar; NRC Oklo Tweet Goes Semi-Viral
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- NRC Has More Questions About Holtec’s Interim Storage Proposal
- NRC to Hold Public Meeting on Commercial Spent Fuel Transport Report
- Bobby Rush, House Energy Committee Chair, to Retire
- VT Citizens Decommissioning Panel to Submit Comments to DOE Interim Storage Inquiry
- Holtec to Get $26M Tax Credit from NJ After Court Battle
- Hearing Set This Month In New Mexico Lawsuit Over Holtec Interim Storage Site
- Enviros’ Suit Over TX Interim Storage Pressing Forward in 2022
- Holtec Parades Decom Projects, Advanced Reactors in Year-End Review
- Citing ‘Significant Information Gaps,’ NRC Cans Oklo Advanced Reactor Project
- What to Watch in 2022: Civilian Nuclear Waste Management
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- NRC Approves Palisades, Big Rock Point Sales; Enviros Complain of Lack of Hearing
- Illinois Hopes that Feds Will Save Nuke Plants After Bailout Bill Expires, State Sen. Rezin Says
- Legal Sparring Continues in Texas Interim Storage Suit
- Nearly 95% of NRC Staff Vaccinated
- DOE Affirms Decision to Dispose of Some High Level Waste as Low Level Waste
- NuScale Going Public Via Investor-led Merger
- Nuclear Generation Ticking Down Further in 2022, EIA Predicts
- Former NRC Resident Inspector Guilty of Falsifying Reports, Court Finds
- Wrap-Up: Harry Reid’s New Airport; Obituary
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- DOE, Biden Admin in Good Position for Interim Storage Success, NE-1 Says
- NRC to Approve Palisades, Big Rock Point Sales This Month, Agency Says
- Interim Storage RFI a “Critical Step” Towards Spent Fuel Solution, Ca. Congressman Says
- Next Steps in States’ Interim Storage Lawsuits Coming in 2022
- Supreme Court Won’t Hear Watchdogs’ Case Against SONGS Spent Fuel Storage
- CA Community Protests Diablo Canyon Closure at ‘Save Clean Energy’ Rally
- PG&E SVP and Chief Nuclear Officer Welsch to Retire
- Wrap Up: Church Rock Artifacts; Celeb Intervention for Diablo Canyon
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- DOE Can Site Interim Storage Facility Without NWPA Update, NE-1 Says
- Federal Stopgap Funding Deal Approved by Senate, House
- DOE Aiming for Rapid Turnaround for Nuclear Tax Credits, NE-1 Says
- NRC Chair Defends Decommissioning Oversight at Senate Hearing
- To Cut Carbon, California Save Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant, Granholm Says
- Ohio Public Utilities Commission Approves Refunds to Some FirstEnergy Utility Customers
- NRC Wants Minerals Company Off Texas’ Interim Storage Lawsuit
- NRC Sees No Environmental Downside to Holtec Using Palisades Trust Fund for Spent Fuel
- ‘Certainty and Uncertainty:’ 30 Minutes with Christopher T. Hanson, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Week in Review: No More Nuke Subsidies, Enviros Say; Manchin and Barrasso at ANS; Canada Reaches Repository Milestone; DOE Nuclear Energy Personnel
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- Texas AG Argues Federal Overreach in Suit Against Recently Licensed ISP Interim Storage Facility
- Biden Signs Infrastructure Legislation, Locking In Nuke Credits
- New Mexico Files Second Lawsuit Against Interim Storage
- Judge Won’t Boot NorthStar From State Review of Kewaunee Plant Sale to EnergySolutions
- Judge Blocks Holtec Run on Spent Fuel Cash for Pilgrim Nuke Plant
- Full Force-on-Force Inspections for Nuke Plants Return in 2022, NRC Stays Flexible
- NRC Approves Exelon Spin-Off to Take Over 17 Nuke Plants from Parent Company
- ‘No Immediate Plans’ to Change Hybrid Work Status at NRC
- Wrap-Up: Farewell, Humboldt Bay; Unis Get Millions in NRC Grants; This Week in Inspections
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- Weeks or Months Before Deets on DOE Nuke Credits From Infra Bill, Agency Says
- Ex-Energy Secretary Brouillette Violated Hatch Act, Special Counsel Says
- Texas State Rep Landgraf Takes Victory Lap on Rad Waste Ban
- Byron Plant Expected to Run Through Mid-Century After Bailout, Exelon Says
- GE to Split, Nuclear Services Segment to Spin Off in ‘24
- NRC Finds Three Minor Design Control Violations at Holtec HQ, Inspection Finds
- NRC Approves Final Site Surveys at Former Humboldt Nuke Plant
- Wrap-Up: Keeping Diablo Canyon Open Could Save Cash; Texas Interim Storage Suit Update; New Treasurer at Entergy
- Editor’s Note: The New Exchangemonitor.com
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- ‘Laissez-faire’ Decommissioning Rule Weakens Agency, NRC Commissioner Says
- Texas Spent Fuel Suit Isn’t Valid, NRC Says in Motion to Dismiss
- DOE Interim Storage RFI Won’t Solve Spent Fuel Problem, Industry Group Warns
- Feds Unphased by Industry Advocacy; Governors Must Step Up, Yankee Exec Says
- A Consent-Based Siting Process for Spent Fuel Disposal Would be Like ‘Starting Over,’ Yucca Host-County Official Says
- Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Deets in Next 90 Days, PG&E Says
- Holtec Expects NRC to Approve Palisades Sale by in January, Close Deal in June
- Holtec “Evaluating” Oyster Creek as Potential Site for Future Advanced Reactor
- PG&E Wrapping Up Decom at Humboldt Bay
- Wrap-Up: Industry Needs Champion on Hill; Exelon Boosts Infrastructure Bill; No Indian Point Inspector
