RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 1 UK CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES WASTE TREATMENT RESEARCH EFFORT
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
USEC’S AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE PASSES STATION BLACKOUT TEST
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/10/2014 USEC’s American Centrifuge Project late last month successfully passed a “station blackout” test, a significant step given that a cutoff to power supply in 2011 raised questions about the technology. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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International
TEPCO TO FORM NEW INTERNAL FUKUSHIMA DECOMMISSIONING COMPANY
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2014 The Tokyo Electric Power Company has announced it will form a new internal company responsible for the decommissioning of the Units 5 and 6 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The main objectives of creating the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
ENERGYSOLUTIONS MAKES NEW SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Mike Nartker RW Monitor 1/10/2014 EnergySolutions is starting off the new year with a set of senior management changes. As part of a new “consolidation” of the company’s management team, Mark Morant and Alan Parker have been named to oversee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Vitrification & Grout
KURION TO PROVIDE WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR UK’S NNL
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2014 Kurion has entered into an agreement with the United Kingdom’s National Nuclear Laboratory to provide bulk vitrification waste treatment at the NNL’s Central Laboratory at the Sellafield site, according to a joint… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
VERMONT, ENTERGY COME TO AGREEMENT ON VERMONT YANKEE DECOMMISSIONING
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2014 Vermont and Entergy have come to an agreement after months of back and forth on a timeline for the decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee Power Station in Vernon, Vt. The agreement stipulates that Entergy will place the plant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
BI-PARTISAN THINK TANK ANNOUNCES NEW NUCLEAR WASTE PROJECT
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2014 The Bi-partisan Policy Center announced this week that it is undertaking a new campaign, headed by Tim Frazier, former executive director of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, aimed at finding a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
A MAJORITY OF NRC COMMISSIONERS SUPPORT STAFF FINDINGS ON SPENT FUEL POOLS
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2013 A majority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voiced support, or indicated through their questioning, that expedited transfer of spent fuel pools to dry cask storage is not needed during a briefing held this week to discuss… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE’S LYONS ASSURE HOUSE LAWMAKERS THAT DOE WILL HONOR NRC’S YUCCA ORDER
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2014 The Department of Energy has begun efforts to satisfy requirements set forth by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerning the license review of the Yucca Mountain geological repository, according to a letter Assistant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
LOOMING SENATE ENERGY CHAIR CHANGE HAS INDUSTRY GUESSING
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2014 With a change in the works for the head of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, industry officials have begun to speculate what a new Committee Chair could mean for nuclear waste issues. Although not yet official,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE SEEKS EN BANC HEARING IN NUCLEAR WASTE FUND FEE CASE
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/10/2014 The Department of Energy filed for a re-hearing en banc late last week in the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit concerning the court’s decision to reduce the Nuclear Waste Fund fee to zero. DOE argued that the three-judge… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must […]