Vol. 12, No. 40 
Perry to Exit Energy Department Before End of Year
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Budget & Policy
Senate Preps Votes on FY20 Appropriations Bills for Next Week
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday filed cloture on the motion to proceed with two appropriations bills for fiscal 2020, opening up the possibility of the Senate voting next week on first a minibus bill full of domestic spending and then following with a second minibus that includes the Department of Energy. The […]
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Decommissioning
AECOM Announces $2.4B Sale of Management Services Unit
AECOM announced Monday it plans to sell its government contracting business for $2.4 billion to two investment firms rather than advancing a previous plan to spin the branch off into a stand-alone public company. Affiliates of New York City-based American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg are joining to buy AECOM’s Management Services business. In its press […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
California Commission OKs Permit for SONGS Decommissioning
By John Stang The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a permit Thursday that allows for major decommissioning to begin for two retired reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). While the coastal development permit for plant majority owner and federal licensee Southern California Edison (SCE) solely covers on-shore decommissioning operations for SONGS Units […]
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Decommissioning
EnergySolutions Seals Deal to Buy Three Mile Island Reactor
EnergySolutions on Tuesday said it had sealed the deal for acquisition of reactor Unit 2 (TMI-2) at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, which famously partially melted down 40 years ago. Under the newly signed contract, the Salt Lake City-based nuclear services firm will buy TMI-2’s assets and obtain its licenses from […]
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Decommissioning
Holtec Aims to Complete Indian Point Decommissioning by 2036
Holtec International believes it can complete decommissioning of the three-reactor Indian Point Energy Center by 2036, assuming it receives federal authorization to buy the Buchanan, N.Y., nuclear power plant. The Camden, N.J., energy technology company laid out its schedule in a presentation Thursday to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in advance of applying to assume […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Continues Restructuring by Merging Reactor Offices
Just two days after officially completing the reorganization of its nuclear materials office, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday announced it had combined two offices that provide oversight for nuclear power reactors. As of Sunday, the federal agency has merged its Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation with its Office of New Reactors. The new […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Hearing On Spent Fuel Storage License Contention Could be Two Years Away
It could be two years before a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission board holds a hearing in the single contention it allowed against licensing of a consolidated interim storage facility in West Texas for spent nuclear power reactor fuel. The anticipated “trigger date” for parties to begin filing various paperwork and then conduct the evidentiary hearing […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Begins Full Review of SHINE Isotope Plant Operations Application
By John Stang The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has formally accepted SHINE Medical Technologies’ application to obtain a 30-year operating license for its planned medical isotope production facility in Wisconsin. The agency said in a Federal Register notice, issued Saturday and dated Tuesday, that it had docketed the application following its acceptance review. The license application will […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Mo-99 Company Plans Simultaneous Construction, Operations Applications to NRC
By John Stang Eden Radioisotopes plans simultaneous submission of construction and operations license applications to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its planned molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production facility in New Mexico. The Albuquerque, N.M.-based startup discussed its plans during an Oct. 8 pre-application meeting with the NRC at the agency’s headquarters in Rockville, Md. The facility […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Terminates Rulemaking on Regulatory Application Accuracy
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has closed out a regulatory update to expand the scope of industry stakeholders who would be required to provide “complete and accurate information” in applying for a regulatory approval. A Sept. 19 notice in the Federal Register formally terminated a petition filed in April 2013 by former NRC official James […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Wrap Up: NRC Taking Comments on Crystal River License Transfers
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is accepting hearing petitions on proposed license transfers for the retired Crystal River nuclear power plant in Florida. Owner Duke Energy wants to transfer the facility’s operations and spent-fuel storage licenses to a subsidiary of Accelerated Decommissioning Partners (ADP). That company, a joint venture of NorthStar Group Services and Orano, […]