RadWaste Vol. 7 No. 7

Cleanup & Remediation

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Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 IN THE COMPACTS The Southeast Compact Commission is negotiating with Ted Buckner to serve as the new Executive Director of the Commission, according to a resolution issued by the Commission late last week. The resolution… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    B&W AND TERRAPOWER ENTER INTO TWR SUPPORT AGREEMENT

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 B&W announced this week a new a partnership with TerraPower to provide design and support services for TerraPower’s traveling wave reactor (TWR) design. The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    GROUP PETITIONS NRC OVER THREAT OF REACTOR POOL FIRE FALLOUT

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 A set of 34 activist groups is petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to halt all reviews of new licenses and license renewals due to new findings the NRC staff reported in its Expedited Spent Fuel Transfer Proceeding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    NRC REPORT FINDS LITTLE RISK FROM SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 A Nuclear Regulatory Commission risk assessment report has found that the transportation of spent nuclear fuel would cause low radiological impact to the environment or public, even in the case of an accident. The report,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    PERMAFIX FORMS MEDICAL ISOTOPE PRODUCTION SUBSIDIARY

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 Perma-Fix Environmental Services announced this week that it would form a subsidiary company, Perma-Fix Medical Corporation, which will focus on the production of the medical isotope Technetium-99 (Tc-99m). With Canada set… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE CONSIDERING ‘ALL OPTIONS’ IN REVIEW OF ENRICHMENT NEEDS

    Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 2/21/2014 The Department of Energy is considering “all options” in its review of the national security requirements for a domestic enrichment capacity, Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman said last week at the Sixth Annual… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    USEC SEEKS TO STORE RUSSIAN LEU INTENDED FOR JAPANESE CUSTOMERS

    Request Under Consideration by Commerce Dept. Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 2/21/2014 The Department of Commerce is considering a request from USEC for an exemption to restrictions on storing Russian low enriched uranium in the United States, a proposal being fought… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • International

    NEXT STEP IN CHALK RIVER PROCUREMENT STILL DELAYED

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 The next step in the Canadian government’s procurement for a contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories is still experiencing delays. There had been speculation that the Request… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC ISSUES SRM FOR PART 61

    Time of Compliance Reduced To 1000 Years; New Three-Tiered Approach Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving to implement a three-tiered approach for performing a performance analysis for a low-level waste disposal site,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

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