Vol. 18, No. 06

Budget & Policy

Judge unblocks deferred retirement ‘fork,’ OPM closes program

On the same day a federal district judge in Massachusetts lifted his earlier restraining  order against the Donald Trump administration’s deferred retirement program for government workers, the Office of Personnel Management closed out the program. “The Deferred Resignation Program is now closed,” according to a notice Wednesday on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website. […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Feds head to appeals court in challenge to Yankee spent fuel cost award

    The U.S. government is appealing a Court of Federal Claims ruling that it should pay a combined $145 million to the operators of a trio of retired nuclear power plants in New England for the Department of Energy’s failure to remove spent fuel from the reactors. Lawyers with the U.S. attorney general’s office filed a […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    Tennessee gov plans $50M to support TVA small modular reactor

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) proposed plans this week for his state to spend $50 million to support the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Clinch River small modular reactor project Lee’s proposal during Monday’s State of the State address comes about a month after a TVA-led coalition submitted an $800 million grant proposal to the Department […]

  • Recommissioning & Restarts

    Foes of Palisades restart urge NRC panel to reject Holtec request

    Various citizen groups and some local landowners this week urged a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) panel to reject a request from Holtec to revive the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan. “Holtec’s proposal to resurrect Palisades on the basis of incomplete and outdated documentation—along with an unsupported request for exemptions—does not satisfy the standards,” according to […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    AEP seeks DOE grants for SMR projects in Virginia, Indiana

    Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP) is seeking Department of Energy financial support to explore small modular reactor (SMR) projects in Indiana and Virginia. AEP hopes to secure DOE grant money for early site permits through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in Spencer County, Ind., as well as Campbell County, Va., the company said in a […]

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