RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 25 WIPP Echoing throughout International Repository Community
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Commercial Decommissioning
Zion Waste Shipments Back On Track
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/27/2014 The shipments of class B and C waste from the Zion decommissioning project to Waste Control Specialists are back on track after a slight delay. EnergySolutions had originally planned to ship the waste back in March using… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Dallas Morning News Editorial Accuses WCS of ‘Stealthily’ Expanding Site Operations
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/27/2014 As Waste Control Specialists continues to expand its role in the disposal industry, an editorial that appeared in the Dallas Morning News last week criticized the disposal site for “stealthily” seeking to expand… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
House to Take Up E&W Approps Bill After Independence Day Recess
Todd Jacobson RW Monitor 6/27/2014 House lawmakers are expected to take up the Energy and Water Appropriations Act after taking a break for the Independence Day recess, though the prospects for completing the bill have been thrown into turmoil with the Senate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE Requests $33 Million Reprogramming to Fund American Centrifuge
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 6/27/2014 The Department of Energy officially asked Congressional appropriators this week to reprogram about $33 million in National Nuclear Security Administration funds to support the American Centrifuge Project through the remainder… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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International
Michigan Senators Reach Out Again to Sec. Kerry on Canadian DGR
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/27/2014 Michigan’s U.S senators sent a second letter last week to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to engage the Canadian government to stop the construction of a proposed low-level radioactive waste deep geologic repository… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
SMUD Awarded $53.1 Million for Spent Nuclear Fuel Costs
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/27/2014 The Sacramento Municipal Utility District was awarded late last week $53.1 million by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the United States government for the Department of Energy’s failure to manage its… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Withdraws Ruling on Amendment to Areva Cask COC
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/27/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week withdrew its direct final ruling issued in April that would have enabled the storage of high burnup spent nuclear fuel in Areva’s Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Philotechnics Shipment to EnergySolutions’ Bear Creek Facility Cited for Noncompliance
Staff Reports RW Monitor 6/27/2014 A rad-waste shipment that arrived June 12 at EnergySolutions’ Bear Creek treatment facility in Oak Ridge failed to pass a survey inspection and that resulted in a Notice of Noncompliance for the shipper, Philotechnics,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
Wrap Up: At Fukushima, In the Industry
RW Monitor 6/27/2014 AT FUKUSHIMA The advanced water treatment system (ALPS) at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is back on line, TEPCO announced this week. The two of the three systems suffered a malfunction and had to be shut off, but TEPCO was able… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]