RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 11 WRAP UP
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Cleanup & Remediation
PERMA-FIX, PHILOTECHNICS LEGACY WASTE LAWSUIT MAY BE MOVING TOWARDS SETTLEMENT
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 A lawsuit between Perma-Fix Environmental Services and Philotechnics, Ltd. concerning the handling of leftover waste containers appears to be heading towards a settlement agreement, according to a scheduling order issued earlier this month by U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley. The lawsuit originates from an alleged breach of contract […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
VALHI EXPECTS POSITIVE 2014 FROM WCS
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 Valhi Inc., the parent company of Waste Control Specialists, expects WCS to begin operating profitably in 2014 after suffering an operating loss in 2013, although the company warned it would not be opposed to seeking “strategic alternatives” if cash flow does not improve, according to a Securities and Exchange […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
USEC SENDS OUT LAYOFF NOTICES TO 400 WORKERS
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 3/21/2014 With funding for a program supporting the American Centrifuge project set to run out in the coming weeks, USEC sent out layoff notices to 400 employees late last week, according to spokesman Paul Jacobson. The WARN Act notices for potential layoffs within 60 days went out to 400 USEC employees […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
SCIENTISTS SEND LETTER TO ENERGY SEC. CALLING FOR MORE ACTIVE WASTE MGMT. PROGRAM
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 A group of scientists from the Sustainable Fuel Cycle Task Force called on Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz this week to take a more active role in the handling of the nation’s radioactive waste. The group expressed its concerns in a letter to Moniz following the release of DOE’s Fiscal […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
LLW FORUM WORKING GROUP SUGGESTS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO GET DISUSED SOURCES MOVING
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 Changes should be made to the current regulatory system in place for disused sources to incentivize licensees to reuse, recycle, or disposal the disused sources promptly, a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum working group recommended in a report presented this week at the LLW Forum in Austin, Texas. Working under […]
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International
FORMER OPG EMPLOYEE ALLEGES CALCULATIONS OFF FOR POTENTIAL CANADIAN WASTE SITE
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 A former Ontario Power Generation employee claims that OPG’s calculations for radionuclide inventories that would go into its proposed Deep Geological Repository, located in Kincardine, Ont., underestimate the waste’s true values. The charge comes from Frank Greening, a retired research scientist for OPG since 1978, in a letter dated […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
COURT DENIES EN BANC MOTION IN NUCLEAR WASTE FUND FEE CASE
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied two separate motions this week that would have re-opened the court’s decision to reduce the Nuclear Waste Fund fee to zero. The Department of Energy filed a motion for a re-hearing in front of the three judge panel that unanimously […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC COMMISSIONER MAGWOOD SET TO LEAVE COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL AGENCY
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner William Magwood is leaving the NRC to serve as Director General of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Nuclear Energy Agency. Magwood will be taking over the position in September, but according to the NRC, he has not yet set a departure date […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NEI WARNS OF IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL RUSSIAN LEU SANCTIONS
URENCO USA Says Significant Inventory On Hand Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 3/21/2014 While the Nuclear Energy Institute is warning lawmakers of the potential impacts of sanctions under consideration on Russian low enriched uranium, URENCO USA says there is significant inventory on hand. The White House is considering including LEU among sanctions against Russia, and this […]
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Transuranic Waste
LOS ALAMOS TRU TO BE STORED AT WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 3/21/2014 While the Department of Energy this week announced that it plans to send transuranic waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory to Waste Control Specialists for temporary storage, there is a tight time frame for completing preparations for the shipments. DOE has committed to New Mexico to completing its campaign for […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE PROVIDES MORE DETAILS OF FY 2015 NUKE ENERGY BUDGET REQUEST
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 The Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget request includes $30 million to support DOE’s nuclear waste management program, of which $24 million would come from the Nuclear Waste Fund, according to detailed budget documents released late last week. The Obama Administration is seeking to access the funds in […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
NEW REMOTE-HANDLED LLW DISPOSAL FACILITY AT INL MOVING FORWARD
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/21/2014 Work to build a new remote-handled low-level waste disposal facility at the Idaho National Laboratory appears to be moving forward, with the lab expected to award a subcontract for design and construction sometime this fiscal year. The facility is needed to help meet the waste disposal needs of INL […]