Vol. 11, No. 18 
Yucca Bill Finally Heading to House Floor
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
WCS Spent Fuel Storage License Application to be Revived in 2Q
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Waste Control Specialists and Orano USA plan within the next two months to formally request that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resume its review of a stalled license application for consolidated interim storage of spent fuel in West Texas,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nuclear Waste Board to Consider Pre-Transport Issues
The federal Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has scheduled a June 13 meeting in Idaho to consider key technical issues to be dealt with prior to transport of radioactive waste from around the country for interim storage or permanent disposal. The meeting could… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
FirstEnergy Says Closing its Reactors Will Hurt Region’s Power Picture
By John Stang FirstEnergy Solutions contended Monday that the shutdown of four nuclear power reactors in Ohio and Pennsylvania will hurt the long-term energy picture for the area covered by transmission clearinghouse PJM Interconnection. The utility was responding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Decommissioning
Southern Calif. Edison Earnings Take a Hit, but Not From SONGS
Costs related to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) were seemingly a nonfactor in the first-quarter 2018 balance sheet for its majority owner. In a Tuesday conference call on Edison International’s latest earnings, the retired nuclear power plant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Northwest Medical Isotopes Gets NRC Approval to Build Mo-99 Plant
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday authorized Northwest Medical Isotopes (NWMI) to build a molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production facility in Missouri. “We find that, with respect to the safety and environmental issues before us, the Staff’s review… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Decommissioning
Wrap Up: NRC Should Receive Proposed Decommissioning Rulemaking Package Next Week
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should next week receive agency staff’s proposed rule package for nuclear power reactors transitioning from operations to decommissioning, a senior official said Wednesday. The proposal is going through… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]