Vol. 11, No. 5

Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Commissioner to Retire in June

After decades on staff and one term as a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Stephen Burns plans to retire in June — for the second time. Burns noted his decision during an all-staff meeting Monday near NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md. “At the All Hands, the Commissioner reiterated (not for the first time) […]
  • Decommissioning

    Pilgrim Plant Nears Improved NRC Safety Rating

    The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts could in March receive an improved safety rating from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, just a couple months before its scheduled permanent closure. The Entergy boiling-water reactor plant on Cape Cod has since 2015 been in Column 4 of the NRC’s Action Matrix, multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone — the […]

  • Decommissioning

    Diablo Canyon Plans Unchanged Amid PG&E Bankruptcy

    By John Stang Pacific Gas & Electric said this week it is sticking to its schedule for closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant even as it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. “Throughout the Chapter 11 process we will continue to operate our electric and natural gas business as usual. There are no […]

  • Decommissioning

    California Lawmaker Forms SONGS Safety Task Force

    By John Stang U.S. Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) has announced creation of a task force to study safety issues at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in his state. “Today I’m launching a task force made up of local stakeholders and experts to tackle the enormous safety challenges we face with the San Onofre […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    ECA Urges Senate to Fund Rad Waste Repository

    The nongovernmental organization representing communities near Department of Energy facilities is urging Senate leaders to commit to ending the federal government’s dithering over building a disposal facility for the nation’s nuclear waste. The United States holds roughly 100,000 metric tons of waste that by law must go into a permanent repository, which Congress in 1987 […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up: Greenpeace Warns of Growing Spent Fuel Stockpiles

    About 370,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel have been produced by commercial reactors worldwide since the 1950s, with another 12,000 metric tons being generated annually, according to a new report from the environmental organization Greenpeace. Roughly one-third of the spent fuel has been reprocessed, leaving the rest in storage in 14 nations. “The majority […]

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