Vol. 11, No. 30

Commercial Decommissioning

California Utilities Commission Approves San Onofre Closure Settlement

By John Stang The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved Thursday a settlement agreement on the division of costs for the premature shutdown on the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The five commissioners followed the June 22 recommendation from CPUC Administrative Law Judge Darcie Houck in favor of the January agreement between the plant’s primary […]
  • 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 Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) quickly claimed credit for the lack […]

  • 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 July 30 to Oct. 30. The nuclear industry regulator through Monday is taking comments on […]

  • 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 Protection Agency. The environmental evaluation is a key part of a broader NRC technical review […]

  • 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    Draft guidance for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s ongoing reactor decommissioning rulemaking could create additional hassles for nuclear utilities – the opposite of the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 plants around the nation. “There are multiple instances in which the proposed guidance documents do not align with the stated […]

  • 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 the five commissioners approved Oyster Creek owner Exelon’s entire request to forgo some emergency preparedness […]

  • 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 Candu Energy, a subsidiary of engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin, would decommission the Safe Low-Power […]

  • 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, according to a notice from the U.K.’s Office of Nuclear […]

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