Vol. 10, No. 18

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

No Yucca Funding in Omnibus

There is no funding for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada in the omnibus appropriations bill Congress passed this week to keep the Energy Department and the rest of the federal government funded through September. The bill was awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature on Friday afternoon. The Trump administration wants to restart […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Congress Reduces Appropriation for NRC

    The fiscal 2017 congressional omnibus budget awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature would reduce fees and appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by about $65 million from the amount it requested more than a year ago. The funding cutback, though, would be partly alleviated by more than $20 million in unspent funds the agency is authorized […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NEI: Stop ‘Misleading’ Nuclear Waste Budget Tactics

    The head of the lobbying arm for the nuclear energy industry is urging the Trump administration to halt what she called “misleading budget tactics” by its predecessor related to the Nuclear Waste Fund. The account collected more than $20 billion from nuclear utilities over several decades, with the ultimate intent of paying for a geologic […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    SONGS Panel to Discuss Off-Site Fuel Storage

    The Community Engagement Panel for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California will at its May 11 meeting discuss opportunities for sending the plant’s waste to other locations. The question of what to do with SONGS’ waste is already the focus of one lawsuit against the state (now in settlement talks) and much […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Exelon Earnings Dip in 1Q

    Chicago-based power provider Exelon’s adjusted income and diluted earnings per share dipped in the first quarter, which the company capped off by completing its acquisition of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York state. Net income, on a non-generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, fell from $632 million in first-quarter 2016 to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up: Fed Trial Against WCS-EnergySolutions Merger to Close

    The federal civil antitrust trial over the planned merger of radioactive waste management providers Waste Control Specialists and EnergySolutions was scheduled to close today in U.S. District Court for Delaware. In the two-week bench trial, the Department of Justice laid out its case why the $367 million deal would deny competitive benefits to customers for […]

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