RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 1

Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Directs Staff To Begin Decommissioning Rulemaking

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission directed its Staff last week to begin a rulemaking to better address the NRC’s role in regulating decommissioning power plants, with an end date tentatively set for 2019. Currently,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Burns Takes Over as NRC Chair

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 Stephen Burns took over last week as the new Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Burns replaces Allison Macfarlane, who left the NRC to take a position at George Washington University. Burns was confirmed by the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Former Blue Ribbon Panel Staffer Top Candidate for No. 2 Spot in DOE Office of Nuclear Energy

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 John Kotek, the former staff director for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, has emerged as the top candidate to serve as the next Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Energy’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Army Corps of Engineers Significantly Increases Cost Estimate for SLDA Site Cleanup

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers is projecting a significant increase in the cost to complete the cleanup of the Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) site in Armstrong County, Pa., according to information released this week. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Bechtel, Westinghouse Team Up on Commercial Decommissioning

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company have entered into a multi-year partnership agreement to provide decontamination and decommissioning services for commercial nuclear power plants. The partnership will cover a range… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    USACE Kansas City Awards $185 Million ID/IQ Remediation Contracts

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District awarded to 10 companies this week an unrestricted Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract for remediation services. The contract,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Senator Calls for Expedited Approach at FUSRAP’s Tonawanda Landfill

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 New York Senator Charles Schumer (D) this week called on the Army Corps of Engineers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) to release the remediation plan for the Tonawanda Landfill while promising… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Vermont Yankee Shuts Down, Prepares for SAFESTOR

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2014 The Vermont Yankee Power Station in Vernon, Vt. officially ceased operations last week, ending the reactor’s 42-year operation life. Entergy, the plant operator, announced last year that it would be entering premature… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Texas Compact Now Plans March Proposal for Majority of Rule Update

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission has pushed back the date it plans to propose most of the rule changes it is currently revising, Commission Rules Committee Chair Linda Morris said at a public meeting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Texas Appeals Court Denies Re-Hearing in WCS By-Product Permit Case

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 A Texas state court of appeals denied last week a motion for re-hearing in the Sierra Club’s challenge against the byproduct disposal permit issued to Waste Control Specialists by the Texas Commission on Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Entergy Files Suit Against DOE Over Spent Fuel Costs

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 Entergy filed a new lawsuit in the Federal Court of Claims last week against the Department of Energy seeking damages for the failure to remove the spent nuclear fuel at its Pilgrim Nuclear Station. The litigation is the second… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Wrap Up

    RW Monitor 1/9/2015 IN CONGRESS Sen. Barbra Boxer (D-Calif.) announced this week that she will not seek re-election in 2016. In a video posted by Boxer to her PAC for a Change website, she gave little explanation for her decision, save for a desire to “come… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must […]

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