Vol. 11, No. 16

Decommissioning

Q&A: Vote Coming on Yucca Bill, NEI Official Says

Despite its lack of movement for nearly a year, there remains hope for legislation intended to give a strong push for building a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, a senior official with the nuclear industry’s policy organization said this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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    FirstEnergy Breaching Nuclear Decommissioning Funding Requirements: Enviro Group

    FirstEnergy Corp. and its subsidiaries should be found in breach of their federal regulatory requirement to ensure they can fund decommissioning of three nuclear power plants scheduled for closure in coming years, a nongovernmental environmental organization said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    BWXT to Buy Medical Isotopes Business

    BWX Technologies, known primarily as a contractor for the Defense and Energy departments, said Tuesday it plans to acquire a medical isotopes business from a Canadian health company. Pending regulatory approvals in the United States and Canada, BWXT hopes by the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

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    DOE Contractors Might Eye Commercial Decommissioning as Profit Margins Decline, Executive Says

    Declining profit margins, in some cases just 2 to 4 percent, are a major reason for the wave of mergers and acquisitions by companies that do business in the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup sector, a senior executive with one contractor said last week. These… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    No Date Yet for Resumption of Vermont Yankee Spent Fuel Transfer

    By John Stang Entergy said this week it has not determined yet when it will restart moving spent nuclear fuel at its retired Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The power company halted spent fuel transfer from wet to dry storage on March 10 after a broken bolt… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You […]

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    Wrap Up: URENCO Uranium Enrichment Plant Gets Strong Marks in Latest NRC Review

    URENCO USA’s uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico passed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s latest performance review in all operational areas. The review covered safety, safeguards, radiological controls, facility support, and additional matters from… 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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