RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 46

Commercial Low-Level Waste

TCEQ Proposed Rule Would Require Volume Reduction for Out-Of-Compact Waste

The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality issued a set of proposed rules late last week in the Texas Register that would require out-of-state waste to go through volume reduction techniques before entering Waste Control Specialists. In the state legislature’s last session, lawmakers passed a bill on radioactive substances that included some guidelines for protecting the […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Edward L. Helminski, 1942-2014

    ExchangeMonitor Founder and Publisher Edward Helminski Dies at 72 WC Monitor 12/12/2014 Edward Lawrence Helminski, the founder, publisher and president of ExchangeMonitor publications, died peacefully in his home in Washington, D.C, on Dec. 5. He was 72.  Helminski’s diverse career spanned from academia to energy policy work with states and the White House to newsletter […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Happy Trails, Polish Cowboy

    There is a legendary story in the lore of ExchangeMonitor. In the early 1980s, as Ed was just a few years in to building what would become ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, one of Ed’s first reporters was just about at his wits end after only a few months on the job. After watching his story […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    No Funding for Yucca or Interim Storage in FY’15 Appropriations Bill

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 12/12/2014 With continued gridlock between the House and Senate on long-term plans for high-level waste, no funding for either Yucca Mountain or a pilot interim storage plant made it into the compromise version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations omnibus bill released this week. The House and Senate have taken […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Yucca Mountain Remains ‘Unworkable,’ Moniz Says

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 12/12/2014 Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz assured the state of Nevada that Yucca Mountain remains an ‘unworkable solution’ to the nation’s nuclear waste problem during the Western Governors’ Association meeting Dec. 6 and 7. Nevada has long opposed hosting the nation’s waste repository in its state, as evident by […]

  • International

    Kurion Grows International Reach With U.K. Office

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 12/12/2014 Kurion announced this week the opening of a United Kingdom office, Kurion Limited, to better support operations in Europe. The new office, which former Chief Operating Officer Phil Ohl will lead as Vice President of European Operations, marks Kurion’s second international office, following the opening of its Japanese headquarters […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    SONGS Chooses Dry Cask Storage Provider

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 12/12/2014 Southern California Edison has chosen Holtec International to provide its dry cask storage system at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the company announced this week. Holtec’s HI-STORM UMAX underground storage system features corrosion-resistant, stainless-steel fuel canisters that can operate for both storage and transport, the company said. “After […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Senate Confirms Baran to Longer NRC Term

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 12/12/2014 The Senate confirmed this week Jeffrey Baran to a longer term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with a 52-40 vote along party lines. President Barack Obama nominated Baran to serve the remaining years left on outgoing NRC Chair Allison Macfarlane’s term, which would expire in June 2018. Baran initially […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Entergy Seeks $145 Million Credit Line for Vermont Yankee Spent Fuel Management

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 12/12/2014 Entergy plans to establish a $145 million credit line for the initial phase of spent fuel management at the Vermont Yankee Power Station as the reactor prepares to enter decommissioning, Entergy spokesman Marty Cohn confirmed this week. The plan would avoid taking money from the decommissioning trust fund to […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Exelon’s Ginna Plant Could Avoid Shutdown Under New Support Services Agreement

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 12/12/2014 Exelon’s Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario, New York may avoid shutdown after the New York Public Service Commission unanimously voted last month to establish a route for a support services agreement with Rochester Gas & Electric. Exelon had threatened to shut down the reactor if an agreement could […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Wrap Up

    RW Monitor 12/12/2014 IN USACE The Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District last week added an additional two weeks to the response due date for the Request for Proposal for remediation services at its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program site in Luckey, Ohio. The contract for environmental remediation services and ancillary construction to support […]

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