RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 7 Canada Extends NRU’s Medical Isotope Operations Until 2018
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Decommissioning
Sturgis Barge To Reach Galveston in May
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/13/2015 The Sturgis Barge is scheduled for arrival in Galveston, Texas, for decommissioning in May, more than six months after it had been scheduled to make the trip, the Army Corps of Engineers said this week. The original timeline… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Spent Fuel Pool Oversight Needs Improvement, IG Says
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/13/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector should improve it oversight of spent fuel pools at commercial reactor sites, the NRC Inspector General said in a report released this week. Adequate oversight exists now, the IG… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
WCS Hopes to Open Planned Interim SNF Storage Facility by 2020
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/13/2015 Waste Control Specialists anticipates finishing the license process for an interim storage facility by 2019 and finishing construction by the end of 2020, WCS CEO Bill Lindquist said this week in an announcement of the company’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
House Lawmakers Grill Moniz on DOE Defense of Yucca License Application
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/13/2015 Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz would not commit to defending the Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain license application in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s adjudication process after being grilled by House… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Budget & Policy
INTERVIEW: House Energy Approps. Chair Mike Simpson Talks DOE Budget, Yucca Mountain, and Interim Storage
The following interview with House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee Chair Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) was conducted last week by Weapons Complex Monitor Editor Kenneth Fletcher. RW Monitor 2/13/2015 I’d like to talk a bit about the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
FUSRAP Needs More Funding, Democratic Senators Say
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/13/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program’s (FUSRAP) annual funding level should return to annual funding levels over $150 million in Fiscal Year 2016, six Democratic Senators… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Strontium-90 Detected in Vermont Yankee Groundwater
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/13/2015 Vermont state officials discovered Strontium-90 in samples of groundwater collected in August 2014 from monitoring wells within the boundaries of Vermont Yankee, the Vermont Department of Health announced this week. The discovery… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
New York Environmental Group Wants More TENORM Disposal Regulation
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/13/2015 An environmental activist group in New York last week called for the closure of state loopholes that enable radioactive fracking waste from Pennsylvania to be disposed of in New York landfills. The Environmental Advocates… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up
RW Monitor 2/13/2015 IN NWTRB President Barrack Obama has appointed Allen Croff as the newest member of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Croff currently works as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University, but he has also served as a consultant to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]