Vol. 14, No. 46 
DOE Can Site Interim Storage Facility Without NWPA Update, NE-1 Says
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Contracts & Procurement
Federal Stopgap Funding Deal Approved by Senate, House
President Joe Biden signed on Friday compromise stopgap budget bill to avert a government shutdown and keep Department of Energy nuclear weapons and waste budgets at 2021 levels past Valentine’s Day and preserve a funding safety valve for uranium-enrichment cleanup. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
DOE Aiming for Rapid Turnaround for Nuclear Tax Credits, NE-1 Says
The Department of Energy is hoping to give economically-troubled nuclear power plant operators a little certainty by speeding delivery of subsidies recently signed into law as part of this year’s bipartisan infrastructure plan, a DOE official said this week at… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Chair Defends Decommissioning Oversight at Senate Hearing
As the Nuclear Regulatory Commission navigates some internal controversy surrounding a recently-approved decommissioning rule, its oversight of plant dismantlement came under fire this week at a hearing in the Senate. “[W]ith its recent approval of the proposed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Decommissioning
To Cut Carbon, California Save Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant, Granholm Says
If California wants to talk about keeping its sole surviving nuclear power plant online, the Department of Energy would listen, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said this week. During an interview with Reuters Tuesday, Granholm said that keeping the Diablo… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Ohio Public Utilities Commission Approves Refunds to Some FirstEnergy Utility Customers
By John Stang The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio this week approved a settlement that requires three FirstEnergy Corp. utilities to refund $306 million to its ratepayers. The settlement is between the Ohio Consumer Counsel’s office and FirstEnergy on the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Wants Minerals Company Off Texas’ Interim Storage Lawsuit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is trying to get a Texas-based minerals holding company booted off the Lone Star State’s lawsuit against a recently licensed interim storage facility in the state’s western reaches. The company, Fasken Land and Minerals,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Sees No Environmental Downside to Holtec Using Palisades Trust Fund for Spent Fuel
There won’t be any significant environmental or safety issues if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows Holtec International to dip into a Michigan nuclear plant’s decommissioning funds for nuclear waste management, the agency said recently. Granting Holtec… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Decommissioning
‘Certainty and Uncertainty:’ 30 Minutes with Christopher T. Hanson, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Although it’s been a whirlwind of a first year for Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Christopher Hanson, he’s proud to lead the nation’s nuclear energy regulator. “As chairman, I get to see even more of the organization than I did as a commissioner,”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Decommissioning
Week in Review: No More Nuke Subsidies, Enviros Say; Manchin and Barrasso at ANS; Canada Reaches Repository Milestone; DOE Nuclear Energy Personnel
Enviros Push Senate Finance to Kill Nuke Subsidies in Federal Budget A coalition of environmental and citizens’ watchdog groups urged the Senate Finance Committee to drop millions of dollars in subsidies for nuclear energy from the budget reconciliation bill… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]