RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 5
Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC FY16 Budget Request Doesn’t Include Yucca Mountain Funding
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/2/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is not seeking additional funding next year for the license review for the Yucca Mountain repository project, NRC Chief Financial Officer Maureen Wylie said today during a briefing on the Commission’s FY 2016 budget request. Following the completion of the Safety Evaluation Report, which found […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Proposes New Program to Identify Disposal Options for Department-Owned Waste
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/2/2015 The Department of Energy plans to create a new Used Fuel Disposition subprogram that would explore alternative disposal options for DOE-managed high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel, according to the Department’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, released today. DOE is seeking only $3 million for the subprogram and its […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes Slight FUSRAP Funding Boost for FY 2016
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/2/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers is requesting $104 million for its formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) in Fiscal Year 2016, according to Corps budget documents released today. The request would marks a $2.5 million increase from the program’s total current funding level of $101.5 million, and a […]