RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 5 INTERIM STORAGE ‘NOT OFF THE TABLE’ FOR HOUSE LAWMAKERS
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
TEXAS LAWMAKERS TO STUDY ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HOSTING HLW FACILITY
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/7/2014 Texas state lawmakers are set to consider the logistics and economic impact of potentially hosting a high-level radioactive waste disposal site or interim storage facility, according to the Interim Committee Charges issued by Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus (R) late last week. The Charge asked the Committee […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
WCS RECEIVES FIRST TYPE-B CASK
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/7/2014 Waste Control Specialists has received the first of three Type B casks— capable of shipping Class B and C low-level radioactive waste—and will begin entering into contracts with customers for its cask transportation services. The new casks, manufactured by Robatel, fill a glaring industry need as only four casks […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
DECOMMISSIONING OF SAN ONOFRE NUKE PLANT TO MOVE FORWARD ‘EXPEDITIOUSLY’
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/7/2014 The owners of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station announced late last week that they would decommission the facility “expeditiously” with the spent fuel pools being moved to dry-cask storage as quickly as possible. With the two-year anniversary of the discovery of a leak that forced the premature shutdown […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
NEVADA-DOE WORKING GROUP ON U-233 DISPOSAL MEETS FOR SECOND TIME
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 2/7/2014 A working group between the Department of Energy and the state of Nevada met a second time last week to discuss a controversial batch of uranium-233 that DOE hopes to dispose of at the Nevada National Security Site. The group was formed after objections from the state last year regarding […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES REMAINS HOPEFUL FOR DE-CONVERSION FACILITY
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/7/2014 Although International Isotopes has had to place its proposed uranium de-conversion largely on hold, the company remains hopeful that it will eventually secure enough contracts to move forward with the project, INIS President Steve Laflin said during a call with investors this week. The company announced in its third […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
LAWMAKERS ASK DOE TO RECONSIDER URANIUM TRANSFERS
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 2/7/2014 A group of 12 lawmakers this week expressed concern about the impact on the uranium mining industry of the Department of Energy’s Excess Uranium Inventory Management Plan. “We are very concerned about the impact of DOE’s recent and planned uranium sales and transfers on the domestic industry. While we recognize […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
WRAP UP
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/7/2014 IN THE NRC The Staff Related Memorandum related to the revision of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 10 CFR Part 61 waste classification system should be issued “soon,” NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane said this week at the Platts 10th Annual Nuclear Energy Conference, held in Washington. For the SRM to […]