Vol. 11, No. 21 
Senate Panel Again Zeroes Out Yucca Mountain Funding
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Senate Approves NRC Nominees
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed all three nominees to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, just hours after the chamber’s Appropriations Committee approved a budget proposal that provided no money for the Yucca Mountain radioactive waste repository in Nevada. While no one would say so on the record, the connection appeared reasonably certain – particularly given […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Presents Proposed Package of Rules for Decommissioning Reactors
By John Stang The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday unveiled a set of proposed rules for nuclear reactors making the transition from operations to decommissioning. The recommendations developed by NRC staff are intended to reduce the need for nuclear plant operators to request exemptions to federal regulations or license amendments for facilities that pose […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
N.M. Lawmakers Worry Temporary Waste Storage Will Become Permanent
By John Stang Several New Mexico state legislators wondered last week if a proposed temporary used nuclear fuel storage site east of Carlsbad could become permanent by default. Opponents of Holtec International’s planned consolidated interim spent fuel facility also asked, during a May 18 hearing of the New Mexico Legislature’s Interim Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee, […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Fee Reductions Planned for Texas Rad Waste Disposal
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality this week initiated a rulemaking that would reduce a number of charges for disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) at the Waste Control Specialists complex in Andrews County. Without discussion during a meeting Wednesday, the three-member commission approved a hearing and publication of proposed amendments to the Texas Administrative […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
International Isotopes’ Revenue, Earnings Spike in 1Q
International Isotopes grew its sales by nearly $1 million in the first quarter of 2018, driving the company to positive net income after a decade of losses, according to the company’s May 18 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Net income for the Idaho Falls, Idaho, nuclear medicine provider came in at […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Wrap Up: NorthStar Says It Can Pay for Vermont Yankee Decommissioning
NorthStar Group Services on Monday told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission it will have sufficient funds to both decommission the retired Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and manage its spent fuel. The New York City company was responding to the agency’s latest request for additional information as it reviews the application to transfer the NRC license […]