Vol. 10, No. 21 
Yucca Mountain Restart Would Begin With 83 Heads, $120M, at DOE
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Tightened NRC Budget Includes $30M for Yucca Mountain
By Wayne Barber The Nuclear Regulatory Commission budget request for fiscal 2018 puts funding back into licensing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada even as it reflects overall belt tightening and a continuing reduction in employee headcount at the agency. The regulator is requesting $952 million for the budget year that starts Oct. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Cancels Deep Borehole Nuclear Waste Storage Test
The Department of Energy this week officially canceled its oft-foiled plan to test deep boreholes for storage of nuclear waste, as the Trump administration further formalized its intention to put that waste in Yucca Mountain in Nevada. “Due to changes in budget priorities regarding nuclear waste policy, the Department of Energy does not intend to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
White House Sets FUSRAP Funding at $118M
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would receive $118 million in its upcoming budget for continued cleanup of former federal nuclear sites, under the fiscal 2018 funding proposal released Tuesday by the White House. The funding level for the Army Corps’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) is the same as listed in a budget […]
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Decommissioning
CPUC Adopts Lower Cost Estimate for Diablo Canyon Decommissioning
By Wayne Barber The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday adopted a cost estimate for decommissioning the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that is over $1 billion less than the amount sought by owner Pacific Gas & Electric Co. In April, state Administrative Law Judge Darcie Houck issued a proposed decision that would reduce […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Entergy Awarded Additional $560,000 From DOE for Waste Costs
By Wayne Barber The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in a ruling earlier this month, held that an Entergy subsidiary is due more than $560,000 in spent fuel “characterization” costs from the U.S Energy Department. The court had already awarded utility Entergy Gulf States total damages exceeding $47.5 million for site modifications, additional security, and […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: Judge OKs Interventions In Texas Nuclear Waste Lawsuit
A federal judge on May 19 authorized the state of Nevada and nuclear power industry representatives to intervene in Texas’ lawsuit demanding the federal government move ahead expeditiously with a permanent repository for the nation’s nuclear waste. Judge Patrick Higginbotham, of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, did not provide the reasoning for his separate […]