Vol. 12, No. 38 
Perry Preparing to Resign as Energy Secretary: Reports
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Non-Proliferation
Isotope Companies, Nonproliferation Advocates Oppose New HEU Export License
By John Stang Nonproliferation advocates and medical isotopes companies hope to persuade the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that a Belgian company should not receive additional highly enriched uranium from the United States to make its own isotopes. The regulator… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Puts Very Low-Level Waste Scoping Study on Hold
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has suspended work on a study of potential regulatory updates for disposal of very low-level radioactive waste (VLLW) while it considers other approaches to the matter. As recently as March, the agency said it expected to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
SONGS Owners Push Back Against Decommissioning, Spent Fuel Lawsuit
By John Stang Southern California Edison and partnering companies have petitioned a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging decommissioning and transfer of spent fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) — saying the complaint features… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Army Corps Issues Sources Sought Notice for FUSRAP Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking capability statements from contractors ahead of an anticipated procurement for remediation services at the Luckey Site in Ohio under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The Army Corps issued a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NAC International Asks NRC to Waive $632K in Fees
NAC International is asking the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to waive $632,398 in fees from its review of the company’s new transportation package for spent reactor fuel. The costs were an unfair outcome of incorrect thermal modeling of the MAGNATRAN cask… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
U.S. Rep Keeps Up Fight Against Canadian Rad Waste Repository
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) last week indicated she is continuing her legislative efforts against a Canadian deep geologic repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste proposed to be built about a mile from Lake Huron in Ontario. The weapon… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Makes Vermont an Agreement State
Vermont on Monday officially became the 39th agreement state to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It now assumes primary responsibility for regulatory oversight of radioactive materials within state borders, though that does not include the Vermont Yankee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up: DOE Quiet After Deadline to Cull Advisory Committees
The deadline came and went Monday for the Department of Energy and other federal agencies to terminate at least one-third of their federal advisory committees, but it was not clear this week whether the agency had complied with the directive. A DOE spokesperson… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]