Vol. 10, No. 35

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Simpson Tags Senate Leadership for Yucca Holdup

The primary obstacle to opening Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a nuclear waste-disposal site could be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the House’s top Energy Department appropriator said Thursday. “[I]n the Senate they have a two-vote Republican majority,” Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) said during the Energy Department-sponsored National Cleanup Workshop in Alexandria, Va. “One of […]
  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    NRC Issues Revisions to Draft Final Part 61 Rule

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued five “substantive revisions” to the draft final rule revising the federal regulation on disposal of low-level radioactive waste. The updated rule will be published as a supplemental proposed rule for 90 days of public comment, according to a Sept. 8 memo from Annette Vietti-Cook, secretary of the commission, to […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    No Damage From Irma to Florida Nuclear Plants

    By Thomas Gardiner Two Florida nuclear power plants shut down at least parts of their operations this week as Hurricane Irma approached and then tore through the state, but are once again operational. Florida Power and Light (FPL), which operates both plants, said public safety is a top priority. Both reactor units at the Turkey […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    DOE Studying Pathway for Combustible Waste Stored in Texas

    The Energy Department’s Environmental Management Field Office at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is studying potential strategies for dealing with combustible radioactive waste held at a private facility in West Texas. Between 300 and 400 drums of waste from Los Alamos have been kept at Waste Control Specialists storage complex in Andrews […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Holtec Committed to Waste Repository, No Matter What Congress Does: Partner

    Holtec International is committed to its plan to build and operate an interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico, no matter what route Congress eventually selects for managing the nation’s nuclear waste, according to the chairman of the organization partnering on the project. “If there is not a bill passed, Holtec and […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Perma-Fix Promotes Exec to CEO

    Perma-Fix Environmental Services President and CEO Lou Centofanti on Monday formally stepped down from the top spot he has held for more than two decades, replaced by the company’s chief operating officer. Centofanti founded the Atlanta-based nuclear services and waste management provider in 1991, and served two extended stints as president and chief executive officer: […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Bad Information, Mistrust Hurt Borehole Discussions: Officials

    When ENERCON Federal Services last year became one of four teams bidding to dig a 16,000-foot deep borehole as a test for a potential means of radioactive waste disposal, Outreach Manager Francis “Chip” Cameron thought of it as a mere research effort. “We made the mistake of walking into this, thinking it was going to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up: Nevada Extends Deal With Outside Counsel for Yucca Fight

    Nevada on Tuesday extended a contract with a Texas-based law firm to continue fighting the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository for another six months at a cost of roughly $1 million. Extending the contract of Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Lawrence, which also has an office in Washington, D.C., was one of many business items considered […]

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