Vol. 11, No. 12 
Omnibus Has No Yucca Funding, But Also No Consent-Based Storage Mandate
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Could Need 6 Months to Get Up to Speed on Yucca Licensing, Chair Says
By John Stang It might take up to six months after the approval of the 2019 federal budget for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal facility in Nevada to get back on track, a pair of U.S. House subcommittees were told Tuesday. That is because the regulator’s Yucca team […]
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Decommissioning
Orano, WCS Finishing Paperwork on Spent Fuel Storage Venture
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Orano USA and Waste Control Specialists (WCS) are just weeks from formalizing their partnership to license, build, and operate a facility for centralized interim storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel, new WCS CEO Scott State said Monday. The joint venture, announced last week, will be called Interim Storage Partners. Its first job […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Valhi Subsidiary Loaned Millions to Waste Control Specialists
By John Stang Valhi Inc. apparently kept former subsidiary Waste Control Specialists financially afloat with money borrowed from one of its other businesses over a number of years, according to the holding company’s latest 10-K document. The same March 15 filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission also said Valhi believes it will be in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec Studying Problem With New Spent Fuel Storage Cask at SONGS
By John Stang Holtec International is studying why an aluminum pin broke off inside a cask designed to store spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California. Tom Palmisano, vice president and chief nuclear officer at SONGS for majority owner Southern California Edison (SCE), briefed the public on the matter at a […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
PG&E Requests to Withdraw Diablo Canyon License Renewal Application
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has formally requested to withdraw its application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for renewal of reactor Units 1 and 2 at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The utility instead plans to shut down California’s last operational atomic energy facility within a decade. “PG&E hereby requests to withdraw the […]
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Decommissioning
Wrap Up: EnergySolutions Gets Fee Break in Utah
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Wednesday signed legislation that will cut radioactive waste disposal fees paid by EnergySolutions by more than $1.7 million per year. State Rep. John Knotwell (R) in January filed the bill to reduce the flat fee paid by radioactive waste disposal facilities in Utah by the amount they paid in taxes in […]