RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 4 -
Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
USEC AND DOE LAUNCH NEW EXTENSION OF AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE R&D PROGRAM
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/31/2014 USEC and the Department of Energy this week launched a nearly three-month extension of a cost-share program supporting USEC’s American Centrifuge technology during which additional tests will be performed. The extension, running from Jan. 29 until April 15, will use about $5.9 million of USEC funds and $23.05 million in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC DENIES MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION OF YUCCA SERS COSTS/TIMELINE
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission denied requests late last week for clarification on the timeline and cost figures associated with the NRC Yucca order issued last year, citing that nothing in the court’s writ of mandamus requires detailed time and budgetary outlines. Nye County, Nev., the States of South Carolina […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
COURT ASKS FOR PETITIONER RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR WASTE FUND FEE EN BANC MOTION
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week ordered that the petitioners in the Nuclear Waste Fund Fee case respond to the Department of Energy’s motion for a re-hearing en banc, effectively extending the time period the court has to decide if the motion should be granted. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
MISSOURI PROPOSES CALLING ON FUSRAP FOR WEST LAKE LANDFILL CLEANUP
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 State legislators from Missouri are considering a resolution that would call on the Army Corps of Engineer’s Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) to take over control of the West Lake Landfill site remediation project, located in Bridgeton, Mo., just outside of St. Louis. The resolution stems from […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
INDUSTRY PONDERS FALLOUT FROM WCS’S EXEMPT WASTE BULK DISPOSAL OPTION
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 With Waste Control Specialists securing approval earlier this month to dispose of exempt low level waste in its RCRA landfill, many in the disposal and treatment industry have varied views on how the market will be impacted. The license approval granted from the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality has […]
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Contracts & Procurement
KURION ACQUIRES VISTA ENGINEERING, TRIPLING ITS SIZE
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 Kurion has acquired Vista Engineering Services, tripling the size of the company. Vista Engineering Services, based in Richland, Wash., offers a variety of engineering services including environmental remediation capabilities, and its base work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford site offers Kurion a larger influence within the DOE cleanup […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
BOXER AGAIN CRITCIZES NRC DOCUMENT POLICY DURING OVERSIGHT HEARING
Republicans Press on Yucca Allocations; Saunders Wants More State Involvement in Decommissioning Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) chastised the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for failing to produce documents and for allegedly taking actions to circumvent Congressional oversight during a Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
SENATE NUCLEAR WASTE BILL MARKUP DELAYED AGAIN
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 The markup of the “Nuclear Waste Administration Act” currently under consideration in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has been delayed once again after the sponsors of the bill sent the proposed legislation to the Congressional Budget Office for additional scoring. Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) had expressed […]