Vol. 11, No. 34 
Compromise Energy Budget Likely to Zero Out Yucca Mountain, Insiders Say
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No Room for Consent-Based Siting in Trump Administration, DOE Official Says
HENDERSON, Nev. — While it was never formally canceled, there is little doubt the Obama administration’s initiative for consent-based siting of the nation’s nuclear waste has no future while its successor is in office, a senior Department of Energy official said Wednesday. The agency still has a web page for consent-based siting, but since early 2017 […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
EnergySolutions Wants to House Depleted Uranium From Bullets
By John Stang EnergySolutions is seeking an exemption to Utah state regulations so the Salt Lake City-based nuclear services company can dispose of depleted uranium from disassembled bullets at its Clive waste facility. The Utah Waste Management and Radiation Control Board is scheduled to be briefed on the request Thursday. Meanwhile, a 30-day public comment […]
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Decommissioning
With Closure Looming, Pilgrim Keeps Low Safety Rating
Less than one year before its scheduled closure, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts remains in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s lowest safety ranking allowed for an atomic energy plant to continue operations. The NRC made the determination in its latest quarterly performance evaluation for the single-reactor facility in Plymouth, made public on Aug. 30. […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Public Pushes for Wilderness Conservation in a Post-Nuclear Diablo Canyon
By John Stang Residents near the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California made clear last week they want to keep the property largely undeveloped, with a sprinkling of trails, after the property is cleaned up. The Diablo Canyon Community Engagement Panel listened on Aug. 29 in San Luis Obispo to 26 members of the public […]
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Decommissioning
115 Reactors Being Decommissioned Worldwide as of July, Industry Report Says
Seventy percent of all retired reactors around the world were undergoing decommissioning as of July, according to the latest World Nuclear Industry Status Report. That figure covers 115 of 173 permanently shuttered reactor units, the report issued Tuesday says. Nineteen reactors have been fully decommissioned, which the report defines as defueled, deconstructed, and dismantled. Thirteen […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: NRC Spent $6K From Nuclear Waste Fund in July
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in July spent another $5,861 from its Nuclear Waste Fund balance, according to its latest report to Congress. The spending was similar in both amount and type to costs listed in agency reports filed in recent months. That was topped by $4,315 for a February meeting of the Licensing Support […]