Vol. 14, No. 17 
Senators Reintroduce Bill to Assist Communities Hosting Stranded Nuke Waste
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Sticks With Decision to Deny Challenge to Proposed Interim Storage Site
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission told a court this week that it shouldn’t move forward with a case against the agency after it voted unanimously to affirm its decision to deny a minerals holding company’s request to reconsider objections to a proposed spent fuel storage facility. NRC’s status update to the D.C. circuit court of appeals […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Texas Senate to Soon Vote on Rad Waste Bill
The Texas state Senate did not vote as scheduled this week on a proposed bill that would ban the storage of high-level nuclear waste in the Lone Star State. The state Senate counterpart of H.B. 2692, introduced in March by state Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R), was supposed to be debated in a full session of […]
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Budget & Policy
Nuclear Critics Want Public Hearing on North Anna License Extension
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shouldn’t have tossed a coalition of watchdog groups’ request for a public hearing on a license extension for a nuclear power plant in Virginia, according to an appeal filed with the agency last week. NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board erred when it ruled that concerns about the safety of a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Indian Point Settlement a Driver for Future Growth, Entergy Says
Earnings rose at Entergy, New Orleans, in the 1st quarter of 2021, which the utilities company attributed to higher sales volume. Net earnings for the first quarter ended were $297 million, or $1.47 per share, up from $230 million, or $1.14 a share, in the year-ago quarter. Quarterly revenue was $2.84 billion, up 17% year-over-year. […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Taps Bier, Halnon to Serve on Reactor Safeguards Committee
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission appointed two new members to its reactor safety board this week, the agency announced. Vicki Bier, and Gregory Halnon joined the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) April 12, NRC said in a Monday press release. They will both serve four-year terms on the panel. In addition to her new role […]
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Defense & Military
Biden Admin Taps Connor for Army Corps of Engineers Deputy
In another flurry of nominations, the Joe Biden administration announced this week plans to nominate Michael Connor as the second-in-command of the army’s civil works division. Connor, who is currently a partner at the D.C. law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, will need a Senate greenlight before he takes over as Assistant […]