New Congress Could See New Momentum on Nuclear Waste Policy
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Commercial Decommissioning
EnergySolutions Working on Second ‘License Stewardship’ Decommissioning Agreement
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 EnergySolutions is closing in on another decommissioning “license stewardship” agreement with the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor in Genoa, Wis., the company announced this week. Under the proposed agreement,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Kotek Officially Takes Over DOE Nuclear Energy No. 2 Position
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 John Kotek will officially serve as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, according to an internal memo from Assistant Secretary Pete Lyons released this week.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Decommissioning Rulemaking’s 2019 Deadline Could Be Hard to Meet, NRC Official Says
NRC Division Director Larry Camper Offers Perspective on Rulemaking Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 Following the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s direction for staff to complete a decommissioning rulemaking, NRC Division Director Larry Camper suggested… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Idaho Places Stipulation on Research SNF Shipments
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 Idaho is open to providing the Department of Energy a one-time waiver to allow DOE to send some spent nuclear fuel to the Idaho National Laboratory for research purposes, but only if the Department provides an enforceable… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Missouri, Bridgeton Landfill Agree to Additional Steps Against Smoldering Fire
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 The operator of the Bridgeton Landfill agreed last week, after court negotiations with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), to relocate two Temperature Monitoring Probes (TMP) closer to the radioactively contaminated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Perma-Fix Medical Enters Into Strategic Partnership with Digirad
Medical Imaging Firm Offers $1 Million Investment Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 Perma-Fix Environmental Services’ medical isotope subsidiary, Perma-Fix Medical, entered into a strategic partnership and secured a $1 million investment from Digirad… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]
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International
Kurion Receives Fukushima Robotics Contract
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 Kurion received a contract to develop a robotic arm to repair reactor primary containment leaks at the Fukushima Daii-chi Nuclear Power Plant, the company said this week. The contract from IHI Corporation calls for Kurion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]