RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 24 Will Transuranic Waste Repository Issues Affect DOE’s Planned Interim Storage Program?
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Apostolakis Out As NRC Commissioner
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 NRC Commissioner George Apostolakis will not be re-nominated for another term as commissioner after his current one expires at the end of the month, his office confirmed this week. It was widely speculated that Apostolakis would not return at the end of his term, but this marks the first […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Senate Approps. Bill Includes Pilot Interim Storage Authorization
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/20/2013 The proposed Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bill includes a reform to the nation’s nuclear waste policy that would enable the construction of a pilot interim storage facility, Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said during the subcommittee markup this week. This reform would […]
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Budget & Policy
Deputy Energy Secretary Poneman to Leave DOE This Fall
Mike Nartker RW Monitor 6/20/2014 After five years, Daniel Poneman is stepping down as Deputy Energy Secretary this fall. Poneman’s departure plans were announced in a message Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz sent to employees late this week. “It has been my pleasure to work with Dan in many settings over a couple of decades—from […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
INTERVIEW: DOE’s Poneman on Efforts to Implement Consent-Based Siting for High-Level Waste Facilities, Future of U.S. Enrichment
The following interview with Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman, who announced this week plans to leave DOE in the fall, was conducted by ExchangeMonitor Publications Editor-in-Chief Mike Nartker. RW Monitor 6/20/2014 As the Department of Energy looks to move forward with a consent-based approach to siting new interim and permanent facilities for high-level waste, how […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Credibility Issues Hurting Waste Management Program, Experts Say
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 The Department of Energy’s loss of credibility in the handling of the nation’s high-level nuclear waste was the dominate obstacle impeding a successful waste management program identified last week during the Bipartisan Policy Center’s first regional meeting held in Boston. The BPC’s project, named “America’s Nuclear Future: Taking Action […]
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International
New Mexico Startup Enters Moly-99 Mix
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 A New Mexico startup, Eden Radioisotopes LLC, which features former Sandia National Laboratory researchers, has emerged as the latest company attempting to build a facility dedicated to the production of molybdenum-99. With Canada set to stop government spending in 2016 on the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Canada, […]
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International
Michigan Senate Passes Resolution Against Proposed Canadian DGR
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 The legislation package aimed at stopping the construction of the proposed Canadian low-level radioactive waste repository passed the Michigan state Senate unanimously late last week. Ontario Power Generation’s planned low and intermediate deep geologic repository located in Kincardine, Ont. near the Great Lakes has drawn the ire of citizens […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
EnergySolutions Closing Memphis Processing Facility
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 EnergySolutions announced this week the closure of its Memphis Processing Facility, according to an internal announcement obtained by RW Monitor. EnergySolutions acquired the facility back in March when it purchased all of Studsvik’s U.S. operations in a deal worth $23 million. According to the announcement, the decision to close […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
US Ecology Finalizes EQ Acquisition
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 U.S. Ecology finalized its purchase of The Environmental Quality Company this week for $465 million, making the previously announced acquisition official. US Ecology announced back in April that it would purchase EQ in an effort to expand its geographic reach. “The acquisition of EQ aligns perfectly with our strategy […]
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International
UK National Nuclear Lab Developing Freezing Technology
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 The United Kingdom’s National Nuclear Laboratory signed an agreement this week to work more closely with Studsvik UK Limited and FriGeo AB on the development and application of a freezing technology. The technology could potentially have an application across different radioactive waste management strategies, including sampling and decommissioning, to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Enviro. Groups Call for NRC Commissioner’s Resignation
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/20/2014 A group of 34 environmental activist groups this week called for the resignation of NRC Commissioner William Magwood for accepting a position with an international organization that promotes nuclear energy while he still served as a regulator, according to a letter sent to Magwood. Magwood announced earlier this year […]
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International
Wrap Up: At Fukushima, In the Industry, In NWTRB
RW Monitor 6/20/2014 AT FUKUSHIMA The Tokyo Electric Power Company is reportedly having a difficult time with the beginning stages of the construction of its ‘ice wall’ at the Fukushima-Daiichi cleanup. The ice wall is part of TEPCO’s larger plan that also includes a well pumping system to prevent the further spread of groundwater contamination […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Converdyn Sues DOE in Effort to Halt Uranium Transfers
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 6/20/2014 Uranium conversion company Converdyn has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Energy in an effort to stop the Department’s uranium transfers, which the company claims will cost it $40.5 million in lost revenue over the next two years. In May, a DOE secretarial determination declared that its ongoing uranium […]