Vol. 11, No. 40 
NRC Seeks Dismissal of State Petition Against Commissioner on Yucca Licensing
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Hits Pause on Search for Yucca Mountain Hearing Site
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is suspending its search for sites in Nevada that could host hearings on the license application for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository until the agency knows whether it will again need such a facility. Commissioners unanimously concurred with a staff recommendation to defer further work on siting the hearing space, […]
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Decommissioning
Environmental Group Urges State to Reject Present Vermont Yankee Deal
By John Stang The fact that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission tweaked the conditions for transferring the licenses for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is cause for the state Public Utility Commission to reject the plan as it currently stands, an environmental group argued in a new filing Wednesday. Among the organizations authorized to […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Texas Commission Approves Reductions to LLRW Disposal Fees
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Wednesday approved reductions to a number of fees for disposal of low-level radioactive waste in the state. The fee reductions were part of a larger rulemaking for the Texas Administrative Code, which also updates language in several state regulations on radioactive waste management and requires licensees to minimize […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Lobbying Group Forms to Save FirstEnergy Nuclear Plants in Ohio
By John Stang FirstEnergy Solutions is backing a new lobbying group that aims to prevent the closure of the company’s two nuclear power plants in Ohio. The Ohio Clean Energy Jobs Alliance is a coalition of local -level government, business, and labor leaders who plan to lobby the Ohio state government to help keep FirstEnergy’s Davis-Besse […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Taking Public Comments on Oyster Creek License Transfer
By John Stang The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is taking public comments through Nov. 19 on the proposed license transfer for the newly closed Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey. Parties also have until Nov. 8 to request to intervene and a public hearing on the proposed sale of the plant, according to an NRC […]