Vol. 12, No. 32 AECOM Spinoff Ahead of Schedule
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Defense Low-Level Waste
US Ecology, Feds Differ on Exact Cause of Waste-Site Explosion
By John Stang Federal and internal investigators believe the fatal November 2018 explosion at a US Ecology waste facility in Idaho was the result of an unintended chemical reaction, though they don’t necessarily agree on all details of the event. US Ecology recently submitted its report identifying the cause of the explosion to the Idaho […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nevada Congressman Makes Anti-Yucca Case to Colleagues
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) joined three of his House colleagues on a trip to Yucca Mountain last week to argue his case against building a nuclear waste repository on the federal property in his state. “I visited Yucca Mountain today to ensure the information shared by the Department of Energy was as accurate as […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Urged to Proceed With Pilgrim Plant License Transfer Review
By John Stang The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission should disregard the commonwealth of Massachusetts’ request for a 90-day stay on its review of the license transfer application for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, the plant’s owner and prospective buyer said Monday. Entergy and Holtec International argued that the delay is not needed even as they […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix Earnings Spike in 2Q
Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Thursday reported a 30.2% spike in its second-quarter revenue, from $13.2 million in 2018 to $17.1 million in 2019. That encompassed a 75.4% sales boost in the Atlanta-based waste management specialist’s business, from $4 million last year to $7 million in the latest reporting period, along with a more modest 10.4% […]
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Decommissioning
Waste Control Specialists Asks NRC to Clarify Very Low-Level Waste Disposal Directives
Waste Control Specialists has asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to confirm that certain prior directions on requirements for disposal of very low-level radioactive waste (VLLW) do not apply to its operation in West Texas. The federal agency’s 2016 regulatory issue summary on VLLW disposal (RIS 2016-11), along with its communication last year with the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
House Bills Would Task ARPA-E to Aid Rad Waste Disposal
Separate bills introduced in the House of Representatives would put the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) branch on the job of helping resolve the long impasse over disposition of the nation’s radioactive waste. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) submitted his “ARPA-E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019” on July 23, followed a week […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
North Dakota Considers TENORM Waste Disposal Licenses
North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reviewing initial applications for disposal of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) waste at existing landfills near the city of Williston. WISCO Inc. and Secure Energy Services are both going through the regulatory process, while IHD Solids Management has already withdrawn its radioactive material license application. […]
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Decommissioning
Wrap Up: Army Corps Reactor Decommissioning RFP Delayed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said Tuesday it has delayed by about three weeks releasing a request for proposals for decommissioning its SM-1 nuclear power reactor at Fort Belvoir, Va. The procurement notice, previously expected around July 29, is now scheduled to be issued during the week of Aug. 19, according to Brenda […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
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