Vol. 10, No. 29 
No Yucca Money for DOE or NRC in 2018, Under Senate Committee’s Budget
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Budget & Policy
Senate Appropriators Cut NRC Funding Request
By Wayne Barber The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday easily passed a fiscal 2018 energy and water spending bill that includes a $25 million cut to the budget request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The nuclear industry regulator requested $952… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No Word on Waste Control Specialists’ Spent Fuel Site Plans, NRC Says
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission as of Wednesday had not received word on whether Waste Control Specialists intends to move ahead with its suspended application for a spent nuclear fuel storage site in the wake of the company’s foiled merger with rival EnergySolutions. “We… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Federal Circuit Busy With Spent Fuel Cases
By Wayne Barber The U.S. Court of Federal Claims continues to be an active venue for nuclear power companies to seek reimbursement from the U.S. government for the Energy Department’s ongoing breach of its legal obligation to take possession of spent nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Heller’s Las Vegas Office Burglarized, Paper Says
Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-Nev.) Las Vegas office was burglarized Sunday morning, the Las Vegas Sun newspaper reported. An aide to Heller confirmed the apparent break-in but declined to comment further about the ongoing investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
University Eyes Congressional Funding to Complete SEFOR Cleanup
The University of Arkansas hopes Congress will soon come through with the last $10.1 million needed to complete cleanup of the long-disused Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor (SEFOR) facility. The university aims in October to begin the third and final phase… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Wrap Up: No Drama Over Nuclear Merchant Ship in House Committee Mark
The U.S. Transportation Department would receive the $3 million it requested for fiscal 2018 to continue storing a retired nuclear-powered freighter in Baltimore Harbor as part of a $56.5-billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]