Vol. 10, No. 27

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Texas Nuclear Waste Lawsuit Already Moot, Feds Say

The state of Texas’ lawsuit demanding that the U.S. government end the years-old impasse on permanent storage of the nation’s nuclear waste has already been overtaken by events under the Trump administration, federal attorneys argued in new filings. For that and other reasons, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals should reject the state’s lawsuit, according […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Sets Licensee Fees for FY17

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must bill $805.9 million to its licensees for operations in the current fiscal year, the large majority of its annual budget. The nuclear-industry regulator has a total budget authority of $940.1 million for fiscal 2017, under… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Has Spent Most of Nuclear Waste Fund Carryover on Yucca Work

    By Wayne Barber In keeping with a 2013 federal court order, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has now spent most of its unobligated Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) money on efforts related to licensing the Energy Department’s planned geologic repository for nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Nevada Extends Deal for Former State Attorney’s Firm to Fight Yucca

    Adams Natural Resources Consulting Services of Carson City, Nev., will aid Nevada’s legal efforts to oppose the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository for another year, under a contract modification approved Wednesday. Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Utilities Balk at Suspending SONGS Settlement Revenue Collection

    By Wayne Barber The two largest utility owners of the retired San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California this week said they should not be required to stop collecting ratepayer revenue in the contested 2014 settlement for the plant’s early closure. Southern… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    AECOM President Departs

    Stephen Kadenacy on June 30 formally ended his nearly two-year tenure as president and chief operating officer of global engineering firm AECOM, one of the major contractors at Department of Energy nuclear sites around the country. Kadenacy has been with AECOM… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    SNC-Lavalin Completes Buyout of WS Atkins

    Montreal-based global engineering company SNC-Lavalin as of Monday is the new owner of British engineering and project manager provider WS Atkins, an increasingly significant player in cleanup of the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear complex. The $3.6 billion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Won’t Fine Cameco Resources for Rad Waste Transport Errors

    By Wayne Barber The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will not impose fines against U.S. uranium producer Cameco Resources for nine violations of federal regulations identified in the agency’s November 2016 inspection of the company’s radioactive waste transportation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Wrap Up: NRC Schedules Meeting on Pilgrim Plant Safety Finding

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a regulatory conference for Thursday, July 13, to discuss a preliminary “Greater than Green” safety finding at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. Plant operator Entergy requested the meeting to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

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