Vol. 14, No. 38

Budget & Policy

Shutdown Averted, 2021 Budget Extended to Early December

The lights were still on in Washington Friday after Congress approved a stopgap budget to prevent a government shutdown, at least through Dec. 3, while it works on other legislation and works toward a permanent 2022 budget. President Joe Biden signed the bill Thursday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Dem Lawmakers Introduce ‘Nuclear Waste Task Force’ in New Bill

    A pair of Democratic lawmakers this week introduced a bill that would allow a mostly non-federal taskforce, appointed in large part by the Environmental Protection Agency, to help define consent-based siting of nuclear waste and consider whether such waste could… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC’s Environmental Justice Initiative Faces Public Scrutiny

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s environmental justice review needs to prioritize actionable outcomes, stakeholders and members of the public said during an agency conference call Monday. “[I]t’s not enough for NRC just to review its policies,” said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Decommissioning

    NRC to Sit Down With Holtec About Oyster Creek Safety Violations

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning to meet next week with the company in charge of decommissioning a New Jersey nuclear power plant to discuss several security violations at the site earlier this year. NRC was to host a pre-enforcement conference with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Enviros Get Extra Time for Their Next Move in Case Against ISP Site

    A federal court last week gave anti-nuclear groups two more weeks to coordinate next steps in their lawsuit challenging a recently-licensed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Texas. The groups, which include Beyond Nuclear and the Sierra Club, now… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Decommissioning

    Spent Fuel Transfers Moving Along at Holtec Sites

    About half of a Massachusetts nuclear power plant’s spent fuel inventory has been moved to dry storage, setting up the project for completion in late fall, the company in charge of decommissioning the sites said in a recent press release. Seventeen of Pilgrim… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Decommissioning

    Texas Nuke Waste Ban ‘A Playing Field for Lawyers,’ Vermont Yankee Citizens Group Hears

    A new Texas ban on high-level nuclear waste could be “potentially quite a playing field for lawyers coming up,” a member of an interstate nuclear waste compact told a citizens advisory panel in Vermont recently. The Lone Star state put the anti-nuclear-waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

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