Vol. 11, No. 2 
Shimkus Puts Thumb on DOE to Resume Yucca License Application
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Advisory Panel Given Deadline for Recommendations on Reviving Yucca Doc Database
Members of the advisory panel for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s digital repository for documents on the license adjudication for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository have until Feb. 13 to submit recommendations on reconstituting the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
West Lake Remedy Plan Due This Month
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is due this month to issue a decision on the approach for remediation of radiologically contaminated material at the West Lake Superfund Site in Missouri, the agency said Tuesday. A number of options… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
California Utilities Commission Approves Diablo Canyon Closure
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to authorize utility Pacific Gas & Electric to close its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in 2025. The plan approved by the five-member commission does not provide all the ratepayer financing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
New Financial Assurance Plan Offered for Vermont Yankee Sale
The owner and prospective buyer of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have revised their financial assurance plan to address concerns about the sale they hope to complete in 2018. The update was noted in a Jan. 5 letter from Stephanie Hoffman, special counsel… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Issa Won’t Seek Re-Election
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) announced Wednesday he would not seek re-election, removing an influential voice on nuclear waste issues from Congress a year from now. Issa has represented a coastal zone north of San Diego, first in the 48th Congressional District… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: AREVA Aims to Seal Chinese Used Fuel Plant Deal in 2018
AREVA said Tuesday it anticipates sealing an agreement this year to provide technology for a new used nuclear fuel treatment and recycling plant in China. Executives from New AREVA and the China National Nuclear Corp. signed a “memorandum of commercial agreement”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]