RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 17 DOE ISSUES RFI ON HLW RAILCAR DESIGN
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Cleanup & Remediation
WRAP UP
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 IN DOE The deadline to respond to a Sources Sought Synopsis/Request For Information related to the treatment of low-level radioactive waste and mixed low-level waste by the Department of Energy has been extended by a week.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
SELLAFIELD AND TEPCO DECOMMISSIONING COMPANY ENTER INTO CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 Sellafield Ltd. and TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company (FDEC) entered into a co-operation agreement this week in an effort to share knowledge and know-how concerning the decommissioning… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
ENTERGY SUING US GOVERNMENT OVER SNF COSTS AT VERMONT YANKEE
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 Entergy is seeking damages from the U.S. government for failure to remove the spent nuclear fuel at its Vermont Yankee site, according to a lawsuit filed late last week in the Federal Court of Claims. The litigation is “Round… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON SEEKS ACCESS TO SONGS DECOM. FUNDS
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 Southern California Edison is seeking to access the San Onofre Generating Station’s decommissioning funds to help off-set some of the expenses related to the planning for decommissioning necessary to move forward with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE SAYS SALT, CLAY, CRYSTALLINE ROCK SUITABLE FOR HLW DISPOSAL
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 Disposal of high-level waste in salt, clay/shale rocks, and crystalline rock formations could all provide robust long-term isolation for specific wastes, according to a Department of Energy report released this week. The report… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
AS OAK RIDGE TAKES OVER AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE, LAWMAKERS QUESTION FUNDING
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 5/2/2014 As a contract that cedes management of the American Centrifuge Project from USEC to Oak Ridge National Laboratory began this week, Senate appropriators are questioning how the program will be funded. This week DOE and USEC’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
MORE THAN 75 LOS ALAMOS CONTAINERS OF TRU WASTE MAY NOT MEET WCS CRITERIA
WCS, DOE Look to Change Acceptance Criteria Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 5/2/2014 More than 75 of the transuranic waste containers slated for shipment from Los Alamos National Laboratory to Waste Control Specialists may not meet the current WCS acceptance criteria,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
NRC RECEIVES PETITION ABOUT CONCERNS OVER HIGH-DENSITY SPENT FUEL POOLS
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission acknowledged this week that it will consider a petition to suspend all new reactor licensing decisions and license renewal decisions until it further examines the Environmental Assessment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
ADDITIONAL OPPOSITION TO HLW STORAGE EMERGES IN TEXAS
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 Opponents to the idea of Texas potentially hosting an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste began to voice their displeasure this week during a meeting held by the Sustainable Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
CALLS GROW FOR OFF-SITE TESTING AT WEST LAKE LANDFILL
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/2/2014 Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster this week called on the Environmental Protection Agency to expand its efforts in testing for radiological contamination outside the fence-line of the West Lake Landfill near St. Louis.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]