Vol. 13, No. 31

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

House Ignores Late Pleas for Yucca Mountain Funding

The House of Representatives on Friday approved a massive appropriations package that provides nothing to resume licensing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada, despite pleas late in the week from four Republican lawmakers. In a nearly party-line… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    New Mexico Gov. Asks Trump to Oppose Spent-Fuel Storage Facilities

    New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to oppose commercial plans for facilities in her state and neighboring Texas that could temporarily store tens of thousands of tons of radioactive used fuel from U.S. nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Lawsuits Filed Against FirstEnergy Corp. Over Nuclear Plant Bailout Case

    By John Stang Two potential class action lawsuits were filed this week in federal court this week against FirstEnergy Corp. for its suspected role in a $60 million bribery and money laundering scheme to prop up a pair of financially troubled nuclear power plants… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    International Isotopes, NRC Schedule Meeting on Seattle Cesium Release

    International Isotopes has agreed to a pre-decisional enforcement conference with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over apparent breaches of federal regulations and its license in connection with the May 2019 spill of cesium-137 at a hospital research building… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NNSA Readying More Money to Support Mo-99 Production

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is preparing to release another tranche of funding for companies working to produce the medical isotope molybdenum-99 without use of weapon-grade uranium. The semiautonomous branch of the Department of Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Pennsylvania, Companies in Talks on Three Mile Island Reactor License Transfer

    A deal could be approaching to resolve Pennsylvania’s concerns about the planned sale and decommissioning of the long-retired reactor Unit 2 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. In a motion filed Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Edison Earnings Dip in Second Quarter

    Edison International and subsidiary Southern California Edison on Tuesday reported a significant drop in earnings for the second quarter of 2020, even as the parent company remained firmly in the black. Sales of fuel from the retired San Onofre Nuclear Generating… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Wrap Up: Senate Readies Vote on Energy Dept. Deputy

    The Senate has lined up a vote next week to confirm Undersecretary of Energy Mark Menezes to the No. 2 position at the Department of Energy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday filed cloture on Menezes’ nomination as deputy secretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

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