Vol. 14, No. 39

Reactor Licensing & Regulation

Over Half of NRC Employees Vaccinated, Agency Says

A majority of staff at the nation’s top regulator for civilian nuclear power are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, an agency spokesperson said this week. Roughly 65%, or around 1,859, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 2,860 employees have “certified… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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    With IL Nuke Plants Safe, Exelon Walking Back NRC Shutdown Prep

    The utility company in charge of two financially-struggling nuclear power plants in Illinois is reversing course on its shutdown plans after a state bailout in September gave the reactors a new lease on life. In Federal Register notices published Oct. 1, the Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

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    Exelon Announces New Leadership for Energy Spin-Off Companies

    Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected to say that Exelon owns and operates 12 nuclear power plants. In a leadership shuffle last week Exelon Corp., Chicago, appointed leadership for a new offshoot company that would separate its power generation business… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

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    NRC, EPRI Renew Co-Op Research Agreement

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a top electric power research group are renewing an unfunded five-year research agreement aimed at addressing nuclear plant aging and other challenges facing the aging fleet, according to a memo published this week. In the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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    NRC Names Dorman as New Ops Director

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission promoted Daniel Dorman to director of operations, the agency announced this week in a press release. Dorman is assuming his new post as NRC’s highest-ranking career official effective Oct. 10, the  Tuesday press release said.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

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    Church Rock Cleanup Meets Regs, NRC Says After Inspection

    Cleanup efforts at the site of one of the U.S.’s worst radiological releases is proceeding without issue, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said after a recent site inspection. A Sep. 16 inspection of the former United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) Church Rock uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

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    Spent Fuel Transfer Starting This Year at Duane Arnold, NRC Says

    The company decommissioning the Duane Arnold Duane Arnold Energy Center plans to start moving spent fuel from the shuttered plant’s reactor to dry storage this year, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector said this week. NextEra should have the fuel on the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

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    Revised Insider-Threat Guidance for Nuke Plants Coming This Month, NRC Says

    An updated version of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s guidance for preventing workplace sabotage and other insider threats at nuclear power plants should come out this month, the agency said this week. NRC staff are “in the final steps” of revising the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

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