Vol. 14, No. 6 
NM Rad Waste Task Force Bill Stalls in Committee
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Interim Storage Not Off the Table for House Environment Subcommittee, Rep. Tonko Says
The chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s environmental subcommittee did not rule out interim nuclear waste storage sites as a part of the Biden administration’s climate agenda during a press conference this week. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), who heads up the Environment and Climate Change subcommittee, told RadWaste Monitor during the virtual presser […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Biden’s OMB Director Designate Says No Funding for Yucca Mountain
The Nevada Senate got another would-be Biden administration official to pledge no funding for Yucca Mountain on Wednesday during the confirmation hearing for Neera Tanden to be the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Tanden, former president of the Center for American Progress, told Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) during the hearing […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
NEI Again Asks Judge to Reverse NRC Interpretation of Very Low-Level Waste Guidelines
The trade group for the nuclear industry doubled down on a legal argument that the Nuclear Regulatory’s Commission’s 2019 interpretation of very low-level waste disposal guidelines illegally burdened licensees and should be reversed, according to a recent filing with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Moreover, NRC’s 2019 interpretation is not merely repetition of established […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Holtec Asks NRC to Approve Updated Security Plan for Oyster Creek Fuel Storage
The company in charge of decommissioning Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station submitted a proposal to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requesting an amendment to fuel storage safety guidelines that would allow them to complete transferring spent fuel to dry storage by November, according to a filing published this week. Nuclear services provider Holtec International, which is […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Environmental Group Petitions NRC Over ISP Interim Storage Site
Another environmental group asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay the licensing of Interim Storage Partners’ proposed consolidated interim storage facility in west Texas, according to an appeals court filing this week. In the Wednesday filing, anti-nuclear group Beyond Nuclear petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse the licensing […]