Vol. 11, No. 4 
Divided NRC Approves Post-Fukushima Nuclear Safety Rule
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nuclear Industry Reps Expect Another Yucca Mountain Funding Push
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Trump administration is likely in its fiscal 2020 federal budget plan to again seek funding for licensing the radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, nuclear industry representatives said here Tuesday. Whether Congress will appropriate any money remains in question. “I think the budget request for the next fiscal year […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Board Hears Arguments on Spent Fuel Storage Licensing Interventions
By John Stang Holtec International argued Thursday that several advocacy groups do not have legal standing to contest the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of the company’s planned New Mexico interim storage site for used nuclear fuel Jay Silberg, an attorney for the New Jersey energy technology company, made the case during the second day of […]
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Decommissioning
SCE Admits Glitches, Discusses Improvements in San Onofre Spent Fuel Mishap
By John Stang Southern California Edison said Thursday that training and procedural shortfalls led to a mishap last year in relocating spent reactor fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California, but contended there was no danger of a storage canister falling hard enough to cause it to leak out radioactive material. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Waits on New Members
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The White House has received a list of candidates for positions on the federal Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB), but there was no word this week on when they might be appointed. Nine of the current 10 members of the independent advisory agency are serving past the expiration of their terms […]
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Decommissioning
La Crosse Nuclear Plant Deals With Tritium in Groundwater
Elevated levels of radioactive tritium were found in groundwater samples taken early last year from the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor in Wisconsin, produced during demolition of the reactor building, according to a site investigation report submitted to the state in November. However, subsequent sampling through much of 2018 showed tritium infiltration of groundwater had […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: Western Governors Hope for Congressional Progress on Rad Waste Disposal
Governors from 22 western states and territories last week called on the new Congress to advance a solution to the long impasse over disposal of U.S. radioactive waste. Radioactive waste management was among the many issues for state and federal cooperation included in the Western Governors’ Association’s priorities list, mailed Jan. 14 to the leaders […]