Vol. 13, No. 19 
Texas Spent-Fuel Storage Site Gets Preliminary Thumbs-Up From Feds
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Decommissioning
AECOM Aims to Exit SONGS Decommissioning Contract
AECOM aims to soon divest its stake in the decommissioning contractor for the retired San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California, an executive said Tuesday. “We are … continuing to progress on our plan to exit our remaining self-perform at-risk construction businesses,” Chief Financial Officer Troy Rudd said during AECOM’s conference call on its […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Considering Licensing Break for Illinois Spent Fuel Site During Pandemic
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering an initial request for regulatory relief from a spent fuel storage licensee during the COVID-19 pandemic. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy on April 30 asked the NRC for a 60-day extension to submit a license renewal application for its independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) in Morris, Ill. The application […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Goodwill Impairment Charges Batter US Ecology’s 1Q Earnings
By John Stang Goodwill impairment charges totaling $300.3 million knocked US Ecology’s net income significantly into the red for the first quarter of 2020. The Boise, Idaho-based waste management specialist “recognized a $283.6 million goodwill impairment charge on its Energy Waste Disposal Services business operating within the Environmental Services segment,” according to a press release […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Waste Control Specialists Managing COVID-19 Hazards, President Says
The Waste Control Specialists office staff in Andrews County, Texas, is working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the company’s waste disposal operations continue unabated, President and Chief Operating Officer David Carlson said Thursday. “The WCS site continues in full operation,” he said during a web-only remote meeting of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
BWXT Pushes Back Schedule for Mo-99 Production
BWX Technologies said Wednesday it has pushed back to mid-2022 its schedule for beginning commercial output of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), partly due to supply issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussing the company’s latest earnings in a conference call with financial analysts, BWXT President and CEO Rex Geveden reaffirmed comments he made in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
South Carolina Wants Full Environmental Impact Statement on Westinghouse Plant License Renewal
The state of South Carolina wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to prepare a full environmental impact statement before deciding whether to renew the license for Westinghouse’s Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF). The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) made the request in an April 27 letter regarding the federal regulator’s 2019 draft […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up: Senate Confirms New NRC Inspector General
The Senate on Monday voted 87-0 to confirm Department of Justice attorney Robert Feitel as the new inspector general for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Feitel succeeds Hubert Bell, who served 22 years as the industry regulator’s inspector general before retiring in December 2018. There was no debate on Feitel’s nomination prior to the Senate’s roll-call […]