Vol. 13, No. 36 
Baranwal Hints at Procurement Notice for Interim Storage
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NAC International Considering Options in Regulatory Breach Case
NAC International is considering its options for responding to a recent finding from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it had seemingly breached federal regulations in a design update for a used-nuclear fuel storage cask, an executive said last week. “NAC… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
COVID-19 Response to Constrain Security Training at Nuke Plants Til 2021, NRC Official Says
By John Stang Full security training for the nation’s commercial reactors probably won’t resume “until sometime next year,” Shana Helton, acting deputy director for the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Plans for 8-Gallon Pilot of Non-HLW Outlined by DOE
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management says 8 gallons of recycled wastewater from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina can be hauled to a Texas disposal facility with minimal risk. Shipping the waste from the SRS Defense Waste Processing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Nuke District Congressman Predicts CR, Wants CARES Contractor Reimbursement Extended
A congressional appropriator predicted this week there will be a short-term continuing resolution passed to keep the Energy Department and other federal agencies running from Oct. 1 into December. “We will not have a budget shutdown,” Rep. Chuck Fleischmann… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix Plans More Radiological-Material Sorting Systems
Perma-Fix Environmental Services has begun work on a second machine for segregating radioactively contaminated soils, with deployment planned within a period of months. The initial Perma-Sort system has been in use in San Diego throughout the second quarter of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]