RadWaste Vol. 8, No. 44

Commercial Decommissioning

Entergy Formalizes FitzPatrick Closure

Karl Herchenroeder and Chris Schneidmiller RW Monitor 11/20/2015 Despite reports that Entergy and New York state officials have been conducting last-minute talks to avoid closure of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, the energy company this week gave… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Sweden IDs Site for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

    Chris Schneidmiller RadWaste Monitor 11/20/2015 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) on Wednesday said it had preliminarily identified the east coast village of Forsmark as the best of several sites that have been considered to house a spent nuclear fuel… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Vitrification & Grout

    Wrap Up

    RW Monitor 11/20/2015   IN THE INDUSTRY   The United Kingdom’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and contractor Kurion on Tuesday said they have finished a major phase of testing for commissioning the company’s GeoMelt In-Container Vitrification… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Expert Questions NRC Lessons Learned Since Fukushima

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 11/20/2015 An independent nuclear energy expert on Tuesday questioned the progress of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, saying he doesn’t feel the American public is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Senate Committee Advances Three DOE Nominees

    Brian Bradley RW Monitor 11/20/2015 The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday favorably reported out three top Energy Department nominees. Despite opposition expressed by committee member Rob Portman (R-Ohio) over announced funding cuts for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Nevada Officials Continue LLW Site Fire Probe

    A month after an industrial fire erupted at a closed low-level radioactive waste dump 110 miles northwest of Las Vegas, officials are still uncertain what caused the blaze. The Nye County government in a press release Tuesday described the fire as an “eye… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    NRC Proposes New Rulemaking for Reactor Decommissioning

    Chris Schneidmiller RW Monitor 11/20/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday announced plans to update its regulations for nuclear reactors undergoing decommissioning. In a Federal Register notice, the commission said it was seeking input from stakeholders… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • National Laboratories

    ORNL Set to Receive Spent Fuel for Research

    Staff Reports RW Monitor 11/20/2015 Plans are in the works to deliver at least 25 spent fuel rods from the North Anna Power Station in Virginia to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Tennessee lab is preparing to cut up and analyze the “fast burnup”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Missouri Lawmakers Want EPA off the Job in West Lake Landfill

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 11/20/2015 Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation on Thursday introduced legislation that would transfer remediation authority over the mixed-use West Lake Landfill from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Army… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    EnergySolutions to Purchase Competitor

    Karl Herchenroeder and Brian Bradley RW Monitor 11/20/2015 EnergySolutions announced Thursday that it had reached a tentative agreement to purchase competitor Waste Control Specialists for $270 million. The announcement came just days after the Utah-based nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Publication Notice

    As is our annual practice, RadWaste Monitor will not publish next week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The next regular issue will be in your inbox on Dec. 4. The Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will be published Monday, Tuesday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

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