RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 9 Congressional Action Most Likely Needed for WCS Interim Storage, Moniz Says
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Contractors Voice Frustration Over Lack of Indemnification at SLDA
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 While the Army Corps of Engineers prepares to finalize the Request for Proposal for the Shallow Land Disposal Area in Armstrong County, Pa., potential bidders have raised concerns this week over the lack of indemnification for the contract. Without indemnification, many major companies may stay away from lucrative cleanup […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DTRA Denies Plans For Testing at Yucca Mountain
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 The Defense Threat Reduction Agency denied this week any plans to use the Yucca Mountain site for testing related to catastrophe scenario studies. Although DTRA confirmed that officials recently visited the site, the agency denied recent reports that claimed DTRA and the Department of Energy were in talks that […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford’s Capsules Candidate For Borehole Disposal, Sec. Moniz Says
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 2/27/2015 As the Department of Energy hopes to launch a pilot program for deep borehole disposal of radioactive waste next fiscal year, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said this week that Hanford’s cesium-strontium capsules could be a good candidate for borehole disposal. The 1,936 high activity capsules stored at Hanford’s Waste […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
EQ Acquisition Outperforming US Ecology Projections
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 US Ecology’s acquisition last year of the Environmental Quality Company has out-performed the company’s expectations, leading to a net income of $38.2 million for 2014, up from $32.2 million in 2013, US Ecology announced this week. Following the acquisition, the company saw a doubling of its total revenue, from […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Opens ALSB Adjudication on Vermont Yankee License Amendment Request
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has opened an Atomic Licensing and Safety Board adjudication for Vermont Yankee’s license amendment request to reduce emergency preparedness requirements, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register this week. The state of Vermont had requested a hearing in the adjudication process earlier this […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
SONGS Seeking Amendment to Increase Dry Cask Storage Capability
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 Southern California Edison is seeking an amendment from the California Coastal Commission to expand its used nuclear fuel dry cask storage area at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the company announced this week. SONGS’ current Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation currently holds 51 canisters. The company anticipates […]
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Contracts & Procurement
LANS Issues RFI for Sealed Sources Contract
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 Los Alamos National Security, the M&O contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory, put out a Request for Information this week seeking vendors capable of handling, shipping, and storing radioactive sealed sources and disassembling devices containing radioactive sealed sources. The scope of work for the contract will include shipping the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up
RW Monitor 2/27/2015 IN THE INDUSTRY Sterigenics International’s subsidiary Nordion announced late last week that it has entered into a molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) supply agreement with General Atomics and the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center. With Canada set to operate the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor, one of the world’s largest suppliers of Mo-99 and […]