RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 16

Decommissioning

Senators Reintroduce Bills to Enhance Decommissioning and SNF Safety

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 A group of Senators, including Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), reintroduced three pieces of legislation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    House Spending Bill Aims to Jump Start Yucca Mountain

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 The House version of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water appropriations bill that cleared the subcommittee this week includes a total of $200 million that would go toward Yucca Mountain, but it does not include any funding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Utah Grants EnergySolutions Request for Pause in DU Performance Assessment Evaluation

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality agreed this week to suspend the public comment period for the EnergySolutions depleted uranium disposal Performance Assessment after the state identified potential issues.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    EnergySolutions VP Miller Resigns

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 EnergySolutions Vice President for Disposal Facilities and Projects James Miller has resigned, the company confirmed this week. EnergySolutions spokesman Mark Walker said Miller’s resignation was for “personal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    WCS Motions for Dismissal in EnergySolutions’ Anti-Trust Lawsuit

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 Waste Controls Specialists filed a motion this week to throw out the anti-trust lawsuit brought against the company by EnergySolutions for refusing to dispose of the company’s down-blended Class B and C low-level radioactive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Budget & Policy

    House Lawmakers Seek Defense Waste Repository Answers

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 House lawmakers are seeking more definitive answers from the Department of Energy regarding its decision to separate commercial and defense high-level radioactive waste into two repositories, sending a letter Secretary of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SLDA Responsible Parties Concerned Over SLDA CERCLA Process

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 Two of the companies partially responsible for paying for the cleanup at the Shallow Land Disposal Area in Armstrong County, Pa., are questioning how the Army Corps of Engineers listed remedial alternatives in its proposed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Perma-Fix Northwest Scraps Richland Evaporation System

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 Perma-Fix Northwest said this week it would no longer pursue adding an evaporation system to its Richland facility. Perma-Fix had initially planned to add the water treatment system to its Richland facility in response to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    American Centrifuge Could Get $50 Million in Reprogramming Under House Bill

    Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 4/17/2015 House appropriators are looking to give the National Nuclear Security Administration $50 million in reprogramming authority above a base level of funding in Fiscal Year 2016 to support a program sustaining the American Centrifuge… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    DOE Cancels Spent Fuel Transportation Contract Procurement

    Solicitation Expected to Be Reissued Later Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 The Department of Energy canceled last week the solicitation for a contractor to assist in the movement of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors to an unidentified national laboratory.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • International

    Michigan Congressional Delegation Introduce Resolution Against Canadian DGR

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 Members of Michigan’s congressional delegation introduced this week a resolution in the Senate and House that calls on the President and Secretary of State to intervene in the construction of a Canadian deep geologic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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