Vol. 10, No. 26

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

House Panel Passes Bill to Jump-Start Nuclear Waste Storage

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would allow the Energy Department to contract for interim storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel even as it waits on a ruling on a permanent repository. The amended version… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
  • Budget & Policy

    House Subcommittee Budget Would Cut NRC 5 Percent, Fund Yucca

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission would get about $950 million in fiscal 2018 under one congressional spending plan: a roughly 5-percent year-over-year budget cut that still provides $30 million to review the Energy Department’s revived application to license… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Svinicki NRC Nomination Cruises in Senate; Other Nominees Await July Vote

    By Wayne Barber The U.S. Senate on Monday overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Kristine Svinicki to another five-year term on the body. Meanwhile, two other nominees will have to wait until July for a committee vote on confirmation. Svinicki… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Opinion in Ruling Against WCS-EnergySolutions Merger Still Under Wraps

    By Wayne Barber The opinion detailing the reasoning for a federal judge’s June 21 ruling blocking the $367 million merger of Waste Control Specialists and EnergySolutions had not been made public by Friday, a week after the companies walked away from the deal. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • International

    Opposition Persists as Canadian Nuclear Waste Site Review Advances

    There were strong objections on both sides of the border this week to a planned nuclear waste repository near Lake Huron in Canada, even as the facility took another step toward possible regulatory approval. Canada’s Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Issues Violation Notice to Vermont Yankee

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday issued a notice of violation against the owner of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station for a onetime employee’s repeated failure to check radiation detection systems. The NRC’s Office of Investigations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Decommissioning

    Dominion Finishes Nuclear Fuel Relocation at Kewaunee

    By Wayne Barber Dominion Energy and contractor NAC International have finished moving spent fuel at the retired Kewaunee Power Station in Wisconsin into dry storage, the utility announced last week. That included transporting nearly 900 fuel assemblies this year… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up: Plenty of Blame for Nuclear Waste Stalemate, Perry Says

    Policy-makers across the political spectrum must shoulder the blame for failure to establish a permanent solution to the United States’ nuclear waste quandary, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. “This is a failing of both Republicans, Democrats, Independents,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

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