Vol. 10, No. 47 
House Issues Another Short-Term Budget; Still No Money for Yucca Mountain
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs Completes Buyout of CH2M
Colorado-based CH2M on Friday officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering, CH2M announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More details about the merger will be disclosed Monday, CH2M said at press… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No Industry Interest in Spent Fuel Reprocessing, NRC Commissioners Say
Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it has been years since any U.S. company has expressed interest in developing commercial spent fuel reprocessing or recycling capabilities. “I think in 2009, the agency received some expressions of interest… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Colorado Moves Forward With TENORM Waste Bill
The state of Colorado is restricting disposal of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) waste within its borders while it advances potential legislation to regulate the material. Under Colorado’s 1963 Radiation Control Act… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]
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International
Port Hope Project Begins Moving Contaminated Soil to New Disposal Facility
The Port Hope Project in Ontario, Canada, has begun moving radioactively contaminated soil from a decades-old storage facility in the municipality into a new above-ground engineered mound for long-term disposal. The Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) completed the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Decommissioning
Wrap Up: DOE, NRC Staff Sign on For Revived Yucca Mountain License Review, if it Happens
The Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff have both formally affirmed their intention to participate in any renewed adjudication of DOE’s license application for the planned nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The parties’… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]