Vol. 10, No. 30

Budget & Policy

House’s 2018 DOE Budget Funds Yucca Mountain

The House of Representatives has approved a fiscal 2018 Energy Department budget that would allow the agency to restart its application to license Yucca Mountain in Nye County, Nev., as a permanent nuclear-waste repository — something the Senate’s corresponding spending plan would prohibit. The House voted 235 to 192, on a highly partisan line, to […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Vote on Remaining NRC Nominees Could Come This Fall

    By Wayne Barber It appears increasingly likely that the two remaining Trump administration nominees to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission won’t get a vote by the full U.S. Senate until this fall – at which time their confirmation might be tied to a potential… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Budget & Policy

    House Approves FY 2018 Spending for NRC, FUSRAP

    By Wayne Barber The House of Representatives on Thursday approved fiscal 2018 appropriations legislation that would provide more than $939.1 million for Nuclear Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses. The NRC funding is included within the energy appropriations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Decommissioning

    Edison Open to Revised SONGS Closure Settlement: CEO

    Edison International is “intellectually open” to revising the $4.7 billion settlement for the early closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) that best serves its customer and ownership base, President and CEO Pedro Pizarro said Thursday. Speaking… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Holtec Splits President, CEO Roles

    Holtec International announced Thursday that it had hired a longtime nuclear energy industry executive as its new president and chief operating officer, assuming some of the responsibilities held by current President and CEO Kris Singh. William Levis will start… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Nuclear Waste Fund Balance Continues to Dwindle

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in June spent $17,699 of its remaining available Nuclear Waste Fund balance contesting a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas over the future of the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. In total, the regulator used $145,842 of its… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Advisory Board Objects to Nuclear Waste Storage at SRS

    A local advisory board this week voiced its opposition to using the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina for interim storage of nuclear waste, but could not come to agreement on a request for DOE to prohibit shipments to the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    US Ecology Reports Increased Revenue in 2Q

    By Wayne Barber Environmental services and waste management provider US Ecology said Thursday that its operating and net incomes dropped in the second quarter, on a year-over-year basis, even as company-wide revenue spiked by nearly $4 million. Revenue landed at… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Vermont PUC Updates Schedule for Review of Nuclear Plant Sale

    The Vermont Public Utility Commission this week issued a new schedule that extends by several months its review of the planned sale of the shuttered Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station from owner Entergy to decommissioning specialist NorthStar Group Services. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • International

    Wrap Up: China Wants Studsvik Rad Waste Treatment System

    Swedish nuclear technology company Studsvik said a deal inked Monday should open the door for deployment of its fluid bed steam reforming (FBSR) radioactive waste treatment system at multiple nuclear power plants in China. A new framework agreement gives Beijing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Correction

    The Vermont Public Service Board order that approved the certificate of public good for a second dry cask storage pad for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, as reported on July 21 by RadWaste Monitor, was issued in June 2016 rather than June 2017. The ExchangeMonitor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]

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