Vol. 13, No. 37 
Ohio AG Sues to Block Alleged Nuke Bailout Engineered by “Unholy Alliance” of FirstEnergy, Lawmakers
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
FirstEnergy Outs its Own Investigation by SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating FirstEnergy, the Ohio electric utility tied to a bribery scheme that allegedly helped state Rep. Larry Householder become the state’s Speaker of the House in exchange for a bailout of two nuclear plants. Securities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
New Mexico Stings Holtec in Public Comments About Proposed Interim Storage Site
The New Mexico Environment Department has “grave concerns” about the “inadequacy of the technical analysis” in Holtec’s plan to build its HI-STORE Combined Interim Storage Facility in the southeastern part of the state, according to a letter the state… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Looking at Shipping Commercial Spent Fuel Without Transfer to DOE
By John Stang A scenario is being investigated of private corporations moving their spent nuclear fuel — possibly independent of U.S. Department of Energy ownership — to proposed consolidated interim storage sites in New Mexico and Texas. That scenario —… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
TMI-2 License Transfer Expected Soon, NRC Official Says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to complete the Three Mile Island Unit 2 license transfer by fall of this year, according to Bruce Watson, Chief of the NRC Reactor Decommissioning Branch. If approved, GPU Nuclear, the FirstEnergy subsidiary that currently… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Holtec to submit Palisades application by early 2021
Holtec plans to submit its license transfer application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to acquire the Palisades Power Plant by the end of this year or early 2021, Andrea Sterdis, Holtec’s Vice President of Regulatory & Environmental Affairs, said Tuesday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
International Isotopes Warned for Shipping Isotopes to Iraq without License
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a slap on the wrist to International Isotopes for exporting radioactive isotopes with medical and industrial applications to Iraq without a proper license in 2019, according to documents. The company exported a combined… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Levin proposes DOE waste storage bill
Rep. Mike Levin, (D-Calif.) this week filed a five-year, $500m bill through Congress to form a spent nuclear fuel research and development program at the Department of Energy. The California congressman has long petitioned to increase oversight of the San Onofre… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]