Vol. 14, No. 23 
Biden Admin Willing to “Walk the Walk” on Nuclear Energy, Granholm Says
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Federal Interim Storage Request About Flat at $20M for Fiscal 2022
The Joe Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget request would shift $20 million in existing funding for the siting of a non-Yucca Mountain federal interim storage site into a different silo of DOE’s Nuclear Energy office, according to a budget document… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
92 Workers to be Laid Off at Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant
The company in charge of decommissioning a New Jersey nuclear power plant will lay off just under a hundred of its employees later this summer, according to the state’s labor department. Holtec International subsidiary company Consolidated Decommissioning International… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No Army Dept Permit Required for Holtec CISF, Corps of Engineers Says
A proposed consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel won’t need a special construction permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, the military civil works formation said in a recent letter. If Holtec International got the go-ahead from the Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
DOE Clearing Final Enviro Paperwork for INL Micro Reactor Project
A proposed testing program for an experimental, 20-kilowatt nuclear reactor — and its eventual dismantling and defueling after a planned two-year run — won’t harm the environment, the Department of Energy reiterated this week in a final environmental review… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
L.A. Court to Hear Enviros’ Petition Against SONGS Decommissioning
An environmental watchdog group seeking to halt decommissioning operations at Southern California Edison’s shuttered nuclear power plant will have its day in court next week. The Superior Court of California for the county of Los Angeles was scheduled to hear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
NRC Gives out Nearly $11 Million in Academic Grants for Nuclear Science
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced this week that it was giving out cash awards to academic institutions focusing on nuclear science and engineering, according to a press release. 30 four-year universities, trade schools, community colleges and other institutions… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]