RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 34

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Wrap Up

RW Monitor 9/11/2015 IN THE INDUSTRY The U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council has scheduled its first-ever EM Roundtable for Thursday, Sept. 17, providing congressional, private sector, and Department of Energy perspectives on DOE’s environmental management programs. The session will address "DOE’s EM program: The Next Five Years," and will feature Mark Whitney, principal deputy assistant secretary […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Split on Future Yucca Funding Requests

    Brian Bradley RW Monitor 9/11/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday revealed it is evenly split on whether it would support doubling proposed funding for the Yucca Mountain licensing review from the $25 million amount outlined in the House 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations Act to a $50 million request for fiscal year 2017. During […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Re-Opening Comes Before Interim Storage, NMED Secretary Says

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/11/2015 SUMMERLIN, NEV.—The re-opening of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant will take state precedence over a possible consolidated interim storage facility in New Mexico, NM’s Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn said this week at the 2015 RadWaste Summit. While Flynn remains supportive of the local communities effort to license and […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    SLDA RFP Release Likely by End of Year

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/11/2015 SUMMERLIN, Nev.–The Army Corps of Engineers anticipates issuing the Request for Proposal for the cleanup of the Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) site in Armstrong County, Pa. sometime in early 2016, National FUSRAP Program Manager Nicki Fatherly said this week at the 2015 RadWaste Summit.  The Corps had previously […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    New Reports Paint Troubling Picture at West Lake Landfill

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/11/2015 Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster (R) released late last week a series of reports from independent contractors that indicate that the smoldering fire and contamination surrounding the West Lake Landfill are more wide-spread than previously thought. According to the reports, contamination in groundwater outside the landfill perimeter has been […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    EnergySolutions On Track for October DU Response Submittal

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/11/2015 SUMMERLIN, NEV — EnergySolutions remains on track for an October submittal date for its responses to Utah’s questions concerning its depleted uranium performance assessment, EnergySolutions’ Senior Vice President Jason Williams said this week at the 2015 RadWaste Summit. “We are in the process of addressing those concerns, and are […]

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