Vol. 10, No. 22

Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

McGinnis Appointed to No. 2 Spot at DOE Office of Nuclear Energy

Ed McGinnis was appointed deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy, a promotion for the long-time DOE civil servant who had been deputy assistant secretary for international nuclear energy policy and cooperation since 2007. In his new role, which did not require… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    No: NRC Didn’t Resume Yucca Mountain License Hearings This Week

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission did not resume consideration of the Energy Department’s application to license Yucca Mountain as a permanent nuclear waste repository, despite media reports to the contrary sparked by a routine notice published in the federal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Industry Group, Entergy Balk at Dry Cask Storage Bill

    The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and Entergy are no fans of a bill again being proposed by a trio of Northeast lawmakers to speed up the transfer of nuclear spent fuel into dry cask storage. Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (ID-Vermont), and Kirsten… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    McGinnis Appointed to No. 2 Spot at DOE Office of Nuclear Energy

    Ed McGinnis was appointed deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy, a promotion for the long-time DOE civil servant who had been deputy assistant secretary for international nuclear energy policy and cooperation since 2007. In his new role, which did not require… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • International

    Radioactive Waste Shipments Safe, Secure: UniTech

    There is no cause for concern regarding the shipment into the United States of 10,000 metric tons of radioactively contaminated material from Canada, according to a senior manager with the company that will process the waste. UniTech Services Group, of Longmeadow,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    International Groups Seek Truer Decommissioning Cost Estimates

    The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) – together with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – will soon publish new guidance on improving cost estimates of nuclear decommissioning projects. Simon Carroll, a senior analyst with the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, told delegates at the Nuclear Decommissioning & Waste Management […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Exelon to Retire Three Mile Island in Fall 2019

    Exelon said May 30 that “absent needed policy reforms” it will retire its 837 MW Three Mile Island Generating Station (TMI) near Harrisburg, Penn., by September 30, 2019. Chris Crane, president and chief executive of Exelon, held out the caveat that the reactor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Voss Stepping Down as Head of Waste Management Symposia

    James Voss will step down as managing director of Waste Management Symposia at the end of June. The organization helms the annual Waste Management Symposium, which is widely considered a must-attend show among nuclear-cleanup experts in industry and government. Voss… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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