Senate Republicans Want Action on Expiring NRC Commissioners’ Terms
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Senate EPW Chair Attacks NRC Again on Decom. Exemptions
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) hounded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission again this week for granting exemptions to emergency preparedness and safety regulations at shutdown reactor sites.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Mississippi PSC Passes Resolution Against Nuke Waste Storage
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Mississippi Public Service Commission passed a resolution this week calling on the Department of Energy to stop considering the state for any high-level waste disposal. The resolution stems from comments made by Assistant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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International
TEPCO Begins Construction of ‘Ice Wall’ at Fukushima Site
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Tokyo Electric Power Company this week began the construction of an ‘ice wall’ at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station in an effort to help divert groundwater from the contaminated site. The ice wall is part… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Perma-Fix Subsidiary Adding Partners to Isotope Technology
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Perma-Fix Medical Corporation, a recently created subsidiary of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, is “rapidly” gaining more medical industry partners to help bolster its Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) technology, Perma-Fix… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password […]
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Contracts & Procurement
GMIS Acquisition of Manufacturing Sciences Almost Complete
Staff Reports RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Global Medical Isotope Systems is set to complete the acquisition of Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Manufacturing Sciences Corp from EnergySolutions by the end of this month, according to GMIS CEO Zane Wilson. Wilson said Global Medical… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Hearing on USEC’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Delayed Again
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 6/6/2014 A court hearing on USEC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has been postponed a third time, with the disclosure statement hearing now scheduled to take place July 7 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
Panel Schedules More Hearings for Proposed Canadian Repository
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Canadian Joint Review Panel responsible for evaluating Ontario Power Generation’s license request to build a deep geologic repository for low and intermediate waste in Kincardine, Ont. has scheduled a new set of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Army Seeking Disposal Site for DU Material
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Army has begun seeking a disposal site for depleted uranium-contaminated materials. This week, the Army Contracting Command-Rock Island issued a Sources Sought notice to help determine “the availability of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Looking at Uniform Waste Manifest Radionuclide Reporting
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun seeking public comment on a draft regulatory issue summary that addresses the reporting of radionuclides on the uniform waste manifest, according to a notice in the Federal Register… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]