Vol. 11, No. 30 
California Utilities Commission Approves San Onofre Closure Settlement
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Budget & Policy
No Defense Nuke Waste Funds for Yucca in NDAA
The final version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which now needs only Senate approval and a presidential signature to become law, authorized no funding to send high-level nuclear waste generated by U.S. defense programs to the long-planned… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Extension Sought for Public Input on New Mexico Spent Fuel Storage
By John Stang About three dozen environmental and antinuclear organizations have requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission extend the end of its current comment period on a proposed temporary used nuclear reactor fuel storage site in New Mexico from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
EPA Recommends Issues to be Addressed in NRC Review of Spent Fuel Storage Application
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should address water supply and quality and a number of other issues in its environmental impact statement (EIS) for a planned spent nuclear reactor fuel storage site in southeastern New Mexico, according to the U.S. Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Decommissioning
Nuclear Plant Group Worried by NRC Decommissioning Regulatory Guidance
Draft guidance for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s ongoing reactor decommissioning rulemaking could create additional hassles for nuclear utilities – the opposite of the purpose of the process, according to an organization representing closed nuclear power… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
NRC OKs Trimming Some Oyster Creek Plant Emergency Measures After Closure
By John Stang The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved exempting the Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey from some emergency planning requirements following its closure this fall. In individual votes cast between July 5 and July 11, four of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Decommissioning
Canadian Research Firm Prepares for Reactor Shutdown
A Canadian research firm has selected a decommissioning provider for its SLOWPOKE-2 nuclear reactor, and will return a small amount of spent fuel from the site to the United States. The Saskatoon-based Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) on Monday announced that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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International
Wrap Up: Sellafield Ltd. Prosecution Hearing Set for Aug. 17
A court in the United Kingdom is scheduled on Aug. 17 to hear a government agency’s prosecution of the manager of the Sellafield nuclear site over a 2017 worker accident. On July 20, the Workington Magistrates Court directed the case to the Carlisle Crown Court,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]