Vol. 14, No. 02 
Former DOE Official Suggests Radwaste Negotiator for Biden Admin
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
NRC Asks Judge to Toss Industry’s Petition for Review of Low-Level Waste Jurisdiction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked a federal court to throw out industry’s request for judicial review of the commission’s claim that the federal government is the ultimate decision-maker about low-level waste disposal. In a brief filed last Friday with the D.C. Circuit Court, the commission both refuted the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) legal basis for […]
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Budget & Policy
Office of Nuclear Energy Chief Baranwal Leaves DOE Ahead of Inauguration
Rita Baranwal, who made headlines in her Department of Energy tenure as a voice for the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, resigned last Friday as President Donald Trump’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy. Baranwal announced the decision on the official twitter account for DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, which by Monday she no longer controlled. […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Judges Toss Environmental Group’s Latest Legal Maneuver to Stop SONGS Decommissioning
Judges this week declined to second-guess the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to proceed — over an environmental group’s objection — with decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, writing that the federal government’s plan would not violate the law. The NRC last year declined a petition by Public Watchdogs to halt decommissioning of the […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Reactor Regulation Program Head Nieh Out
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Thursday that Andrea D. Veil will become acting director of the Reactor Regulation program following Ho Nieh’s departure. Veil previously served as the deputy office director for the program and has served in various positions throughout the Commission’s Office of Regulatory Research since 1992. Nieh, the former director of the […]
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Decommissioning
Nuke Plant Closures Will Account for Biggest Generating Loss in 2021, EIA Says
Nuclear plant closures will represent the majority of generating capacity retirements in 2021, the Energy Information Administration forecast Tuesday. The loss of nuclear generating capacity — a total of 5.1 gigawatts — amounts to 56% of the expected capacity loss for the coming year, the Department of Energy organization said. Exelon’s Dresden and Byron nuclear […]