RadWaste Vol. 9 No. 2

Commercial Decommissioning

Wrap Up

IN THE U.S. Republic Services, owner of the West Lake Superfund site, said late last week that it remains “ready” as the Environmental Protection Agency moves forward with plans to build an isolation barrier at the landfill meant to prevent a nearby underground fire from reaching nuclear waste material. Republic Services spokesman Richard Callow weighed […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Does DOE EIS at Yucca Need Updating?

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/15/2016 Because the plan to develop America’s first geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain has been halted for five years, does the Department of Energy’s environmental impact statement (EIS) still apply at the site? This was one of the questions posed Wednesday to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission official […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    DOE, NRC Officials Weigh Consent-Based Siting Timeline

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/15/2016 A Nuclear Regulatory Official said this week that if the agency receives the two quality applications it expects for consent-based siting for spent nuclear fuel in Texas and New Mexico, and there are zero contentions with the filings, the NRC could complete application its review in three years. NRC DIrector […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Begins Inspections, Increased Oversight at Pilgrim

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/15/2016 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was scheduled Friday to wrap up the first of three inspections at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts, as plant oversight ramps up due to safety relief valve concerns. The first inspection, termed Phase A, was initiated Monday. Three inspectors worked throughout the week to […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Wisconsin Assembly Approves Lifting Nuclear Ban

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/15/2016 The Wisconsin State Assembly on Tuesday approved legislation that would lift a 33-year moratorium on building nuclear power plants in the state. Under current law, power plants cannot be built in Wisconsin because the federal government has not established a storage facility capable of taking the state’s waste. Assembly Bill […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    DOE Official Discusses Borehole Drilling

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/15/2016 A Department of Energy official on Wednesday tried to quell skepticism that findings from deep borehole testing in North Dakota for the purpose of nuclear waste storage can be applied elsewhere. Peter Swift, national technical director for the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition R&D Campaign and […]

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