Vol. 14, No. 30 
ISP Interim Storage Site Passes NRC Review; Final Licensing Decision by September
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Interim Storage Inches Closer to Reality Amid Challenges From States, Congress
Nearly 40 years have passed since the Nuclear Waste Policy Act went into effect, mandating that the U.S. government designate a location to permanently dispose of the nation’s spent nuclear fuel from power plants. It never happened, as nuke-watchers well know, but this week, an interim waste storage site conceived by the privately owned Interim […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
2022 Budget Through the House, No Adds for Rad Waste Storage
The full House on Thursday approved a Department of Energy budget that provides guns and gates for Yucca Mountain plus some money to begin siting a federally operated interim storage facility for nuclear waste — the same proposals with which the bill emerged from committee. The House’s seven-bill appropriations package, which passed on a 219-208 […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Enviros’ Suit Against Interim Storage Still on Hold While NRC Tackles Licensing
A federal suit against a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel remains in limbo while the Nuclear Regulatory Commission works through licensing proceedings, according to a court filing from the agency this week. Holtec International’s application for a federal license to build an interim storage facility in Lea County, N.M. is “still under […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC to Officially Nix Reprocessing Regs Probe
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is officially doing away with a proposed rulemaking that would govern spent fuel reprocessing, according to an agency notice published this week. Declining industry interest in spent fuel reprocessing, higher priorities in spent fuel management and “budgetary constraints” were the main drivers in discontinuing the staff rulemaking activity that began in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC to Conduct Special Inspection at Davis-Besse Plant Amid FirstEnergy Fracas
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is putting together a team to review a financially-troubled Ohio nuclear power plant’s response to several equipment failures and a recent reactor trip, the agency said this week. Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station has experienced four emergency diesel generator failures over the last two years, NRC said in the statement dated Tuesday. […]