Vol. 10, No. 33

Commercial Decommissioning

SONGS Waste Settlement Draws Praise, Opposition

By Thomas Gardiner A settlement announced Monday could provide a path for more than 3.5 million pounds of nuclear waste from storage at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) along a California fault line to a more stable facility inland. The settlement agreement filed with the state Superior Court in San Diego brought potential […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Nevada Objects to NRC Plan to Gather Info About Yucca This Fall

    The state of Nevada objected to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recently announced plan to this fall prepare to resume its review of the Energy Department’s application to license the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository in Nye County, Nev. The NRC on Aug. 8 said it would spend about $110,000 on “information-gathering activities” to gather input about […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Montana Considers New TENORM Waste Management Rules

    The state of Montana is considering a new set of regulations for management of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) waste. Buckhorn Energy’s Oaks Disposal Services site in eastern Montana is the state’s first and only operating TENORM disposal site. The facility opened in 2013 and in the last four years has received over […]

  • Decommissioning

    No Damage to STURGIS from Hurricane Harvey, Army Corps Says

    Hurricane Harvey does not appear to have done any damage to the STURGIS barge, which is being decommissioned at the Port of Galveston in Texas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday. “A team member was able to assess the Port earlier this week and noted no visible damage to the project site or […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Spent $149K of Nuclear Waste Fund in July

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in July spent just shy of $149,000 of its remaining balance from the Nuclear Waste Fund on activities related to licensing of the planned Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. Nearly all of the money — $143,744 – went toward knowledge management reports that provide technical data to assist in the review […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Entergy Plans $4.5M Disbursement from Vermont Yankee Trust Fund

    Power company Entergy has notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plan to withdraw up to $4.5 million from the trust fund for decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The disbursement from Bank of New York Mellon would occur 30 days after the date of the Aug. 15 letter from Entergy, which was posted […]

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