Vol. 11, No. 24

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Nevada Wants New NRC Commissioner Recused From Any Yucca Decisions

Nevada last week formally requested that one of the newest members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recuse himself from any decision-making on the license for the planned radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain in the state. Commissioner David Wright’s participation in the NRC adjudication of the Department of Energy license application would essentially disregard the […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Heller to Face Rosen for Nevada Senate Seat This Fall

    Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) late Tuesday secured her party’s nomination to oppose Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) for a U.S. Senate seat in November’s general election. Rosen, who was endorsed by the Democratic National Committee shortly after declaring she would run… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Receives Revived License Application for West Texas Spent Fuel Storage Site

    Interim Storage Partners — a joint venture of Orano USA and Waste Control Specialists (WCS) — on Monday submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a renewed license application to build and operate an interim storage facility for used nuclear reactor fuel. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Technical Challenges Lie Ahead in Spent Fuel Relocation, Experts Say

    By John Stang Significant technical challenges remain to the eventual rail shipment of the nation’s used nuclear reactor fuel to temporary storage or permanent disposal, issue experts acknowledged Wednesday. To start, there is not yet an approved railcar to carry… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Decommissioning

    Nuclear Industry Mostly Satisfied by NRC Decommissioning Rulemaking Proposal

    Executives with a major U.S. utility and the trade group for the nuclear industry last week said they were largely satisfied with the set of proposed regulations for power reactors making the transition from operations to decommissioning. “Overall, we’re pretty… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    SONGS Decommissioning Contractor Eyes 1Q 2019 State OK to Start Work

    The state of California should by the first quarter of 2019 give formal approval for major decommissioning to begin on the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), an executive with the decommissioning general contractor said on June 8. SONGS Decommissioning… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    DOE Contractor Claims Patent Infringement by Rival

    Louisiana-based PacTec Inc., a maker of industrial containment bags used at both Energy Department and commercial nuclear cleanup sites, said in a new federal lawsuit that another company is violating its patents. PacTec claims Pennsylvania-based ICE Service Group… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up: Nuclear Waste Fund Valued at $44.5B at End of FY17

    The federal fund intended pay for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada was valued at $44.5 billion at the end of fiscal 2017, down by $1.5 billion from the prior year, according to a newly released report from the Department of Energy Inspector… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]

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