RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 22

Budget & Policy

DOE Nuclear Energy Assistant Secretary Pete Lyons To Retire

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/29/2015 Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy Peter Lyons will step down from his position at the end of June, according to an internal memo from Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz this week. Lyons has served in his current role since 2011 and contributed widely […]
  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Vermont Yankee Continues to Prepare for SAFESTOR

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/29/2015 Six months after Entergy shut down operations at the Vermont Yankee Power Station, the utility continues to make preparations to enter the SAFESTOR state, Vermont Yankee spokesman Marty Cohn said this week. Vermont and Entergy came to an agreement at the end of 2013 that stipulated the utility will […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Perma-Fix Looking To Use Resin Technology for Waste Treatment

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/29/2015 Perma-Fix Environmental Services is looking into ways to leverage its medical isotope resin technology in its core business of radioactive waste treatment, Perma-Fix Chief Financial Officer Ben Naccarato said this week during a presentation at the Marcum Microcap Conference. The company originally developed the technology for technetium-99m production, but […]

  • International

    Australian Budget Allocates Funds for RadWaste Storage Improvements

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/29/2015 Australia will dedicate $22.3 million over the next four years to expand and refurbish two existing waste storage facilities, according to the country’s 2015/2106 budget allocation issued earlier this month. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO), the Australian government-body responsible for overseeing the country’s nuclear sites, will […]

  • International

    TEPCO Reaches Fukushima Water Treatment Milestone

    Majority of Water Treated for Strontium Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/29/2015 The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced this week that almost all stored water at that Fukushima Daiichi cleanup site that was contaminated with radioactivity has been treated to remove strontium. Only three percent of water in storage still requires treatment for strontium, […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up

    RW Monitor 5/29/2015 IN NWTRB The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board plans to meet June 24 in Golden, Colo. to discuss the Department of Energy’s activities related to transporting spent nuclear fuel, the Board announced late last week. The main focus of the meeting will center on DOE’s efforts to prepare for the transportation of […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Studsvik Acquires Freezing Technology Patents and Equipment

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/29/2015 Studsvik AB has acquired patents and other intellectual property and equipment for a freezing technology that can be used in remediation projects, the company announced this week. The technology comes from FriGeo AB, a partner that Studsvik has been working with to apply the technology across radioactive waste platforms. […]

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