RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 17 New Mexico Governor Voices Support for Interim Storage Facility Efforts
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Yucca Funding Cut in Half in House Appropriations Committee Markup
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/23/2015 An amendment to the House 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill this week cut the funding for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing review of Yucca Mountain in half to $25 million when compared to an earlier version of the bill. The passed amendment lowers the NRC’s total allocated funding […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
EnergySolutions Pulls Barnwell Out-of-Compact Proposal
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/24/2015 EnergySolutions has officially pulled its proposal to reopen the Barnwell disposal facility to out-of-compact waste, Barnwell General Manager Michael Benjamin said this week at the Low-Level Waste Forum in Alexandria, Va. Last month, EnergySolutions released a proposal that called for the facility to accept out-of-compact Class B and C […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Texas Compact Passes Proposed Import and Export Rules
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/24/2015 The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission approved unanimously last week the proposed rule update to its exportation and importation rules, Compact Executive Director Leigh Ing said this week at the Low-Level Waste Forum in Alexandria, Va. The Texas Compact is currently undergoing a general rules update with a […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Lawmakers May Hold Hearing on Poneman’s Appointment to Centrus
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 4/24/2014 A Congressional hearing could be on tap on former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman’s new position as CEO of uranium enrichment firm Centrus Energy Corp., House Oversight and Government Reform Interior Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said this week. The House panel launched a probe in late March questioning whether […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Northwest Medical Isotopes Submits First Part of Mo-99 Construction Permit Application
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/24/2015 Northwest Medical Isotopes has submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the first half of its construction permit application for a medical isotopes production facility, according to a Federal Register posting this week. The NRC received the application on Feb. 5, the posting said. NWMI originally submitted the first section […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
International Isotopes Makes Progress on Cobalt-60 Contracts
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/24/2015 International Isotopes announced this week that it has entered into contracts for most of the cobalt-60 that will be produced under an agreement with the Department of Energy to use the Advanced Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The contracts would yield quarterly progress payments to the company […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Wrap Up
RW Monitor 4/24/2015 IN NRC The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to hold its first public meeting on the proposed 10.CFR.61 rulemaking next week at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Md., NRC Director of the Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Larry Camper said this week at the Low-Level Waste Forum in Alexandria, Va. Next […]