RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 23

Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Commissioner, Industry Officials Respond to Decom. Exemption Debate

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/13/2014 ORLANDO, Fla.—An effort by some lawmakers to restrict the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s ability to grant exemptions to safety and security requirements for nuclear power plants undergoing decommissioning was met with skepticism here this week by an NRC Commissioner and industry officials. Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    House Appropriators Seek to Breathe New Life into Yucca Mountain

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/13/2014 House appropriators are looking to breathe new life into the shuttered Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository project, including more than $200 million for the effort in the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations bill reported out of subcommittee this week. The bill would provide $150 million to the […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    GAO: DOE Uranium Transfers May Have Been Done Illegally

    Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 6/13/2014 The four recent Department of Energy uranium transfers that supported USEC totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars may have been done illegally, according to a Government Accountability Office report released this week that sparked strong disagreement from DOE. The Department undertook the transfers in 2012 and 2013 largely […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Waste Confidence Rulemaking Still on Track, Commissioner Says

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/13/2014 ORLANDO, Fla.—The Nuclear Regulatory Commission remains on track to issue a final version of its updated Waste Confidence rulemaking this fall, NRC Commissioner William Ostendorff said during a presentation at this year’s EPRI Low-Level Waste Conference, held here this week. The NRC had previously announced that a final ruling […]

  • International

    Kurion Receives Contract for More Fukushima Water Treatment Work

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/13/2014 Kurion announced this week that it has been awarded a new contract by Tokyo Electric Power Company to provide a system to treat the water tanks at the Fukushima-Daiichi Power Station. Kurion previously provided treatment at the cleanup site to remove cesium from groundwater back in 2011, and this […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NWTRB Recommends Wider Scope in High Burnup Storage Study

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/13/2014 The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board is calling on the Department of Energy to increase the scope and analyses in its test plan for its upcoming study on high burnup spent nuclear fuel in dry cask storage. The Department’s study is aimed to better understand the effects of high […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Wrap Up: In the Industry

    RW Monitor 6/13/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Perma-Fix Environmental Services has won a contract to provide waste treatment services for the Department of the Navy. The contract, worth approximately $9 million including option periods, calls for the transportation, treatment, and disposal of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) generated mixed wastes. Perma-Fix will utilize all four of […]

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