Vol. 10, No. 46 
NRC Budget, Yucca Plans Frozen Still Under New Two-Week CR
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Commercial Decommissioning
New York Lawmaker Promotes Interim Storage of Nuclear Waste
A lawmaker from New York state has introduced legislation aimed at easing the way for placing spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste into interim storage until a permanent repository is built. The “Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017” is one of three bills filed in November by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) that […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Waste Control Specialists Still Getting Buyout Looks
Waste Control Specialists is still seeing interest from other potential buyers in the wake of its foiled merger with rival EnergySolutions, a company spokesman said last week. “People and entities are still looking at it and we anticipate there will be new ownership at some point,” WCS spokesman Chuck McDonald said by telephone on Dec. […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Navy Dismissed California Commission’s Authority to Issue SONGS Waste Storage Permit
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in 2015 denied that the California Coastal Commission had the authority to issue a permit for oceanside storage of additional spent reactor fuel from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), a newly disclosed letter shows. In the Oct. 1, 2015, letter to commission environmental scientist Joseph Street, Navy […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No Schedule for Senate Vote on NRC Nominees
There was no word this week on when the three nominees to fill out the Nuclear Regulatory Commission might get confirmation votes from the U.S. Senate. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Oct. 25 sent the Trump administration’s Sept. 5 nomination of sitting Commissioner Jeff Baran for a floor vote by the full […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
More DOE Money Anticipated to Fund Vermont Yankee Decommissioning
The current and prospective owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant believe they can count on additional legal wins against the Department of Energy to help finance decommissioning of the shuttered facility. Power company Entergy and nuclear decommissioning specialist NorthStar Group Services also say they should not need a new Nuclear Regulatory Commission exemption […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Wrap Up: CPUC to Vote on Diablo Canyon Closure Proposal
The California Public Utilities Commission is scheduled on Dec. 14 to vote on the proposal for closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant within a decade. Owner Pacific Gas & Electric in 2016 joined a number of labor and environmental groups in issuing a joint proposal under which the San Luis Obispo County facility’s […]