Vol. 14, No. 41

Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Working on Vax Exemption Procedures as Return to Work Nears

There “has been some uncertainty” about developing guidelines for Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff to request religious or medical exemptions from the Joe Biden administration’s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, an NRC official said at a virtual all-hands meeting this week.  “I think we’re very close on the guidelines for the medical exemption,”  the agency’s newly appointed […]
  • Decommissioning

    Decom Work at Ft. Belvoir Reactor to Begin in November

    A joint-venture decommissioning team will soon prepare to dismantle the long-dormant SM-1 reactor at the Ft. Belvoir Army base in Virginia after a months-long contract protest, the Army Corps of Engineers said this week. After APTIM AECOM Decommissioning, LLC (A2D) secured the roughly $68 million federal contract to decommission SM-1 in August 2020, a protest […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    ISP Defends Itself in Texas Interim Storage Lawsuit

    The company in charge of a recently-licensed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Texas is getting involved in the state’s federal suit against the proposed site, according to recent court filings. A judge in the U.S. fifth circuit court of appeals allowed Interim Storage Partners (ISP) to intervene in Texas attorney general Ken […]

  • Decommissioning

    Enviros Ask One Regulator to Push Another on Three Mile Island Water Use

    An environmental watchdog group wants Pennsylvania’s environmental protection office to pressure an interstate regulator to step in on water use at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, according to a request the group sent this week. Three Mile Island Alert asked the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Wednesday to petition the Susquehanna River Basin […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Nuclear Waste Board to Review DOE’s Geologic Repository Safety Framework

    A federal nuclear waste agency will take a look at some the Department of Energy’s recent research into long-term geologic storage of radioactive waste in November, according to a press release this week. During two days of public meetings starting Nov. 3, representatives from DOE’s national labs will present to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Former NRC Chair Svinicki Joining Southern Co. Board

    The former chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is now part of a utility company’s board of directors, according to a press release this week. Kristine Svinicki, who was the top regulator at NRC from 2017 to January, was elected to Southern Company’s board effective Sunday, the company said in a press release dated Monday. […]

  • Decommissioning

    Wrap-up: Greetings on Nuclear Science Week; Pandemic Lessons at NRC; SONGS Strikes Back

    Happy ‘Nuclear Science Week,’ nuke-watchers.  The Secretary of Energy and industry ambassadors took to social media this week to mark this international week of recognition for the field of nuclear science. “Nuclear science is an incredible asset to our nation,” said energy secretary Jennifer Granholm in a video message published Monday, “and we are just […]

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