Vol. 10, No. 23 
Senators Still Want Federal Nuclear Waste Agency
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Senators See More Gridlock Over Interim Storage in 2018 Budget
WASHINGTON — The federal government should prioritize interim storage of spent nuclear fuel at privately licensed sites instead of fast-tracking a permanent disposal site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, the head of the Senate panel in charge of the Nuclear Regulatory… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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International
Lawmakers Seek Tillerson’s Help in Battle Against Lake Huron Waste Site
A bipartisan group of 32 members of the House of Representatives this week asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for an assist in the fight against a planned nuclear waste disposal site near Lake Huron in Canada. The letter to the Trump administration’s top… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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International
Radioactive Waste from Scotland Heads to United States: Report
A shipment of radioactive waste from a nuclear cleanup site in Scotland was sent over the weekend to the U.S. Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, on its way to Tennessee, the Scottish Sunday Post newspaper reported. The radioactive waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Advisory Committee Joins Fight Against Sending Spent Fuel to Savannah River
A local advisory committee on Tuesday urged the Energy Department not to accept shipments of spent nuclear fuel from Germany at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The recommendation was one of three approved during the meeting of the SRS Citizens Advisory… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Southern Nuclear Utilities Lose Legal Case for Recovery of NRC fees
By Wayne Barber The federal government does not have to return more than $4 million in Nuclear Regulatory Commission fees to Southern Co. subsidiaries Alabama Power and Georgia Power, a Court of Federal Claims judge ruled Monday. In granting summary judgment to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Reactor Pressure Vessel Removed From STURGIS
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this week that workers have removed the reactor pressure vessel from the STURGIS barge, a key step in completion of dismantlement of the radiologically contaminated vessel. Work began in 2015 at the Port of Galveston in Texas… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Decommissioning
Wrap Up: Deadline Approaching for Comment on Reactor Decommissioning Rules
The deadline to comment on proposed changes to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rules for power reactors transitioning to decommissioning is June 13. The NRC has already received 178 comments on the issue. An NRC preliminary draft regulatory analysis for the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]