Vol. 11, No. 20

Budget & Policy

House Appropriators Approve Extra Funding for Yucca in 2019 DOE Budget

The House Appropriations Committee again teed up an inter-chamber debate about the future of U.S. nuclear waste disposal this week when it voted along party lines to give the White House $100 million more than it sought in fiscal year 2019 for Yucca Mountain. In a Wednesday markup, the committee also shot down an amendment, […]
  • Decommissioning

    House Looks to Boost NRC Funding Levels

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission would get a sizable budget boost in fiscal 2019, almost entirely from funding for its review of the license application for the Yucca Mountain radioactive waste repository in Nevada, under the energy and water funding bill approved… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    States, Senator Oppose DOE Emergency Aid for FirstEnergy

    By John Stang Nine states and the District of Columbia have formally called on Energy Secretary Rick Perry not to use the Federal Power Act to bail out FirstEnergy Solutions’ ailing nuclear and coal power plants. A few days later, Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    NRC Review of Vermont Yankee Sale Could Stretch Into 3Q

    By John Stang The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission might not sign off on the sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant until the third quarter of the year, according to the head of prospective buyer NorthStar Group Services. NorthStar CEO Scott State made… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • National Laboratories

    NNSA to Provide Another $40M for Commercial Isotope Production Programs

    The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration said Wednesday it is gearing up to provide another $40 million in cooperative agreements supporting commercial programs to develop production capabilities for the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). That would… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]

  • International

    Canada Preps More Test Boreholes in Spent Fuel Siting

    Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is planning a number of additional test boreholes as it continues to winnow down the number of potential sites for construction of a deep geologic repository for disposal of the nation’s spent nuclear reactor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Decommissioning

    Wrap Up: Fort Calhoun Plant Readies for Final Used Fuel Move

    The Omaha, Neb., Public Power District has issued a contract for the final move of spent reactor fuel into dry storage at the retired Fort Calhoun Station nuclear power plant. In a press release Wednesday, nuclear cleanup provider Orano USA (formerly AREVA) said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

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