Vol. 13, No. 20 
NRC Approves First COVID-19 Exemption for Spent-Fuel Storage Rules
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Budget & Policy
Federal Contractors Would Get Aid, Protections From Dems’ $3T COVID-19 Relief Bill
Federal contractors would get leniency for missing deliverables because of their COVID-19 response plans, and prime contractors would be in line for quicker payments, under a Democratic-authored relief bill slated for a vote Friday in the House of Representatives… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Nuclear Energy Chief Reaffirms Interest in Foreign Reprocessing for U.S. Spent Fuel
Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Energy Rita Baranwal reaffirmed Thursday her interest in finding a foreign provider of reprocessing for used fuel from U.S. nuclear power plants. “We can collaborate with entities that currently recycle used fuel and not necessarily have to have our own recycling plant in-country, so that’s certainly an option that my […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Perma-Fix More Than Doubles Revenue in 1Q
Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Tuesday reported a 112.3% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic began to bite into its business. Sales rose from $11.7 million in the first quarter of 2019 to $24.9 million in the three-month… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
US Ecology Details Money-Saving Measures During Pandemic
US Ecology on May 8 said a freeze on all discretionary spending and reduced travel are among the cost controls instituted earlier this year as part of an effort to save tens of millions of dollars in annual expenses to blunt the business impact from the COVID-19… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You […]
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Decommissioning
Pilgrim Plant Sale Dents Entergy Earnings in First Quarter
By John Stang The 2019 sale of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts drove a major revenue drop that put Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ income into the red for the first quarter of 2020, parent company Entergy Corp. said Monday in a filing with the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Halves Time for Spent-Fuel Storage License Reviews
Over the course of a decade, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has halved the amount of time needed to review and decide on applications for renewal of storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel. “My understanding is it used to take something like 48 months and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Urged to Reject Pennsylvania Intervention in TMI-2 License Transfer
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has not proven its case to be allowed to intervene in the federal review of the license transfer application for reactor Unit 2 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, according to the reactor’s owner and prospective buyer. Subsidiaries… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Decommissioning
ExchangeMonitor Decommissioning Strategy Forum Rescheduled, Relocated
The ExchangeMonitor’s 2020 Decommissioning Strategy Forum is being pushed back from June to September and relocated to Henderson, Nev. The continuing COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to stick to the original schedule to hold the conference on June 8-9 in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: Senate Committee Sets Nomination Hearing for DOE Deputy
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will next week consider Undersecretary of Energy Mark Menezes’ nomination to the No. 2 spot at the Department of Energy. The White House in March nominated Menezes as deputy secretary of energy. He would succeed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Correction
An article in the May 8 issue of RadWaste Monitor cited an incorrect figure for the goodwill impairment charges reported for US Ecology’s first-quarter earnings. The total amount was $300.3 million. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password Remember […]