RadWaste Vol. 8 No.39

Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Tables ISFSI Security Rulemaking

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has agreed to table for five years a proposed rulemaking on security requirements for facilities storing spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, according to a staff requirements… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Entergy To Shut Down Pilgrim Station by 2019

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 In an “agonizing decision,” Entergy said this week that it will shut down the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts no later than June 2019 and as early as spring  2017. The announcement follows… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    House Representative Raises Concerns Over Vermont Yankee

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 A House lawmaker from Vermont said in a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week that he is “deeply concerned” over the decommissioning of Entergy’s Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Rep.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    FUSRAP Planning For December SLDA RFP Release Date

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers anticipates issuing the request for proposals for the cleanup of the Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) site in Armstrong County, Pa., no later than Dec. 3, 2015, according to a notice posted on… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    House Lawmakers Introduce Dry Cask Storage Bill

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 A group of Democratic House lawmakers introduced on Tuesday a bill aimed at requiring the expeditious removal of spent nuclear fuel from spent fuel pools to dry cask storage. Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.),… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Texas Supreme Court Won’t Hear Sierra Club Appeal

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 The Texas Supreme Court last week denied the Sierra Club’s petition for review in its case against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for allegedly violating state administrative laws in the Waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    NRC: Metropolis UF6 Leak “More than Minor”

    Brian Bradley RW Monitor 10/16/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that a “more than minor” violation of NRC requirements occurred during an Aug. 1 uranium hexafluoride (UF6) release at Honeywell’s Metropolis Works uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username […]

  • International

    U.K. Study Results Could Cut Time, Costs of Sellafield Cleanup

    Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/16/2015 Researchers with the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) have made a “breakthrough discovery” in the packaging and disposal of intermediate-level waste (ILW) that could save millions… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up

    RW Monitor 10/16/2015 IN THE INDUSTRY AREVA TN announced this week that Christopher Miller has joined the company as the new vice president for sales and marketing. Mille previously served as business development lead for AREVA Federal Services. “We are… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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