Vol. 19, No. 30 
DOE makes 5 initial selections for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Westinghouse ‘confidentially’ files for IPO
While scant on details, Westinghouse Electric said Friday it has “confidentially” filed a draft registration statement on Form S-1with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), beginning its process to become a public entity. According to Westinghouse’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Trump administration lays legislative groundwork for hubs, would take Yucca off table
The Donald Trump White House has drafted a memo to Congress, pushing for legislation to remove Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the sole site for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. The 1987 amendments of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act established Yucca Mountain as the sole repository for high-level waste. However, plans for Yucca were […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
NRC approves Holtec’s license termination plan for Oyster Creek
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Holtec International’s license termination plan for the decommissioning of Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey, the company said Thursday. Holtec said in a press release this regulatory approval opens the door… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Several developers look to build more nuclear in Illinois
Constellation Energy, Blue Energy and NANO Nuclear have formally expressed interest in building new nuclear energy in Illinois. The three nuclear entities responded to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D) notice of inquiry that was conducted by the Illinois Commerce… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE still needs ‘one to two’ repositories for spent nuclear fuel, NWTRB says
Despite the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses role in waste disposal, the Department of Energy will still likely need one to two deep geological repositories for spent nuclear fuel, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) said recently. The NWTRB,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
ARC, Idaho to seek potential deployment of ARC-100
ARC Clean Technology and Battelle Energy Alliance have entered into a partnership that is aimed to deploy ARC’s ARC-100 small modular reactor at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory. Battelle Energy Alliance is DOE’s management contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
South Carolina open to borehole disposal in DOE lifecycle hub project
South Carolina would consider deep borehole disposal of radioactive spent nuclear fuel as part of a federal nuclear lifecycle hub program, the state Department of Commerce told the Department of Energy earlier this year. That is according to a news release last… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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National Laboratories
DOE Office of Science needs to be better a steward of domestic isotope production, GAO says
The Department of Energy’s Office of Isotope Research and Development and Production (IRP) needs to implement better practices for managing critical isotopes in the U.S. market, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said last week. In a July 23 report, GAO… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC to make changes to nuclear material transportation regulations
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed changes to its transportation regulations in preparation for the development of microreactor technologies. The proposed rulemaking, announced on July 22, would modify Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 71 – or… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Standard Nuclear to produce TRISO at two new facilities
A week after becoming a public company, Standard Nuclear said July 22 that construction is nearly finished on two of its new nuclear fuel facilities in Idaho and Tennessee. SN-TN in Tennessee and SN-ID in Idaho are two identical fuel facilities, which once operational,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Bahran leaves DOE, joins Antares Nuclear as CNO
Rian Bahran, the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy deputy assistant secretary for nuclear reactors, left DOE last week and joined microreactor developer Antares Nuclear. Bahran, with DOE since January 2025, is starting a new job as the chief nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Round Up: NextEra gains full ownership of Duane Arnold; Terrestrial Energy adds to front office; NRC plans webinars
NextEra has acquired the remaining 30% minority stake in its Duane Arnold Energy Center as the sole Iowa nuclear power plant prepares to come back online by 2029, the utility said July 24. According to NextEra’s second quarter 2026 financial results press release,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]