Vol. 13, No. 2 
Novel Decommissioning Biz Model Advancing at Vermont Yankee
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Commercial Decommissioning
Accelerated Fort Calhoun Decommissioning Would Slash Bill by $165M, Utility Says
By John Stang The Omaha Public Power District calculates that switching to an accelerated decommissioning will cost roughly $165 million less in the long run for its Fort Calhoun reactor near Omaha. The OPPD submitted its revised post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Dec. 16, 2019. The revised PSDAR figure, […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Enviromentalists Call on Second Utility to Justify Increased Budget Request for SONGS Decomissioning
By John Stang A California environmental organization called this week for a second utility to justify a request for a threefold spending increase from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s decommissioning trust fund. On Tuesday, San Diego County-based Public Watchdogs asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to hold an evidentiary hearing on San Diego […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Disposal Startup Deep Isolation Seeks Venture Round
By John Stang Deep Isolation, a nuclear waste disposal startup wants to raise $10 million to $15 million in venture capital investment, the company said this week. The company is developing a borehole disposal concept, in which fuel assemblies containing spent fuel rods are placed in a canister and buried some 2,000 feet below the […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Ponders Reduction in Spent-Fuel Offload Inspections
By John Stang The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering a significant reduction in the number of hours dedicated annually to inspection of loading operations for used fuel into dry-cask storage at the nation’s nuclear power plants. At least one member, Commissioner Jeff Baran, expressed concerns about the potential change during a public briefing last […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Aims for Atlas Railcar Certification by June 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy expects in June 2022 to complete its program for designing and certifying railcars intended to be used to transport spent fuel from nuclear power plants, but has not determined what it will do with the designs at that point. The agency does not anticipate transport of the radioactive material in […]