RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 31 WCS Receives State Approval for Facility Expansion, DU Disposal
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International
Bechtel Confirms Team for Chalk River Procurement
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 Bechtel Government Services Canada has joined with Hatch Ltd. and Golder Associates Ltd. to bid on the new contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.’s Chalk River laboratories under the team name Canadian Nuclear Revitalization Partners, the team announced this week. The Canadian government’s procurement for a contract […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Tentatively Schedules Waste Confidence Vote
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission tentatively plans to vote on the final rulemaking for the Waste Confidence update on Aug. 26, according to the Commission’s online meeting schedule. The NRC Staff released the draft final rulemaking at the end of July, which would make this affirmation vote a quick turn-around […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Miss. PSC Commissioner Emphasizes Opposition to Nuke Waste Facility
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley sent a letter this week to President Barrack Obama, Mississippi’s Congressional Delegation, and members of the Department of Energy highlighting the PSC’s opposition to hosting a high-level nuclear waste disposal facility in the site. Earlier this year, the PSC passed a unanimous resolution […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
EnergySolutions Files Motion for Re-Hearing in Barnwell Case
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 EnergySolutions filed a motion for re-hearing with the South Carolina Court of Appeals late last week in an attempt to reverse the court’s decision from earlier this month that asserted the Barnwell low-level waste disposal facility’s disposal practices were not in compliance with safety regulations. The court did not […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
RGA Labs Send Letter of Interest to NRC on Kewaunee Re-licensing
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 RGA Labs, the engineering company looking to purchase and restart Dominion’s Kewaunee Nuclear Power Station, sent a letter last week to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Region III office declaring its interest in potentially going through the unusual relicensing of a shutdown plant. The letter would indicate an increasing seriousness […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
DOE Looking At Ways To Expand Oak Ridge On-Site Landfill
Staff Reports RW Monitor 8/22/2014 With space running out at the Department of Energy’s on-site landfill and plans for a follow-on landfill still in the early, early stages, DOE’s Oak Ridge Environmental Management office is looking at ways to expand the existing capability and give additional time before constructing a new landfill. The Oak Ridge […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Missouri AG ‘Frustrated’ with Unclear West Lake Landfill Timeline
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster called on the Environmental Protection Agency last week to move forward the construction of an isolation barrier at the West Lake Landfill near St. Louis in a timelier manner. Koster, along with members of Missouri’s congressional delegation, has been critical of the EPA’s unclear […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
USEC Noteholders Approve Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
Company to Change Name to Centrus Energy Corp. Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 8/22/2014 USEC’s noteholders overwhelmingly approved the company’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization plan this week, with over 99 percent in favor. The plan still awaits approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in a Sept. 5 hearing. If the reorganization […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
SCE Releases SONGS Draft PSDAR
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 Southern California Edison released its draft Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station earlier this month, outlining the 20-year, $4.4 billion decommissioning plan. The draft plan now goes to the Community Engagement Panel, the local stakeholder outreach group, for comments and review in an […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Merges FSME and NMSS
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission earlier this month approved a plan to merge the programs within the Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs back into the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. With the NRC’s changing workload, the NRC staff launched a working group last […]
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Contracts & Procurement
While We Were Out…
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 Congress was out and Washington was empty, but that didn’t stop news from breaking during our annual publication break. As chronicled in the Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, here are a few stories that we’ve been following. Perma-Fix Sells Subsidiary Perma-Fix Environmental Services sold its subsidiary Schreiber, Yonley & Associates, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
RW Monitor 8/22/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY U.S. Ecology appointed Katina Dorton to its Board of Directors, the company announced this week. Dorton has 20 years of investment banking experience, and she currently serves as a partner at Corise Co., a merchant and banking advisory firm. “We are pleased to have Katina join our Board,” U.S. […]