Vol. 10, No. 11 
Trump Proposes $120M for Yucca Licensing, Interim Storage
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Texas Demands Feds Complete Yucca Mountain Licensing
New Energy Secretary Rick Perry this week found himself on the pointy end of a lawsuit from the state he once led, which is demanding that the federal government halt all work on consent-based siting of U.S. nuclear waste and instead complete licensing of the Yucca… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
SONGS Owners Awarded $125M Over Faulty Steam Generators
Utility Southern California Edison (SCE) said Monday it would receive the lion’s share of a $125 million arbitration decision against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries over two faulty replacement steam generators that in 2013 forced the permanent closure of the San… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC to Meet Again on Spent Fuel Storage Environmental Impact Statement
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet on April 6 to take additional public input on the scope of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a planned interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility in West Texas. Waste Control Specialists last April submitted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
No Significant Environmental Impact from Vermont Yankee Trust Fund Exemption: NRC Staff
Allowing utility Entergy to apply money designated for decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station to spent reactor fuel operations at the shuttered facility would create no significant environmental effect, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC ‘Beyond the Reach’ of Some Trump Orders: Chairwoman
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is beyond reach of many of the executive orders President Donald Trump has signed in his early months in office, but the agency will continue to consider the spirit of those directives, NRC Chairwoman Kristine Svinicki said Wednesday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Releases Draft Regulatory Basis for Decommissioning Rule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on March 10 released a preliminary draft regulatory basis for its 2019 decommissioning rulemaking, which moves the agency a step further in developing new decommissioning regulations for nuclear reactors. The 2019 rulemaking is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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National Laboratories
BWXT Committed to DOE Work, But Also Expansion, CEO Says
Until he joined the newly spun-off BWX Technologies in late 2015 as chief operating officer, former NASA hand Rex Geveden hadn’t had much to do with nuclear anything since supporting fast-breeder reactor research during his student days at the Argonne National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: DOE Report on GTCC Waste Disposal Expected to Congress This Year
The Department of Energy hopes this year to issue a report to Congress on disposal of Greater Than Class C waste and receive clarity on what action from Capitol Hill is needed to advance the long-brewing effort to permanently deal with the radioactive material,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]