Vol. 15, No. 12 
NWPA update ‘has to happen’ for federal interim storage, community advocate says
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Interim storage RFI comments to be published by end of the month
Public input about the Department of Energy’s proposed consent-based siting process for a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel could be published by March 31, an agency official said this week. A full collection of responses DOE received as part of its November request for information (RFI) should be available “by the end […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NM AG Balderas still fighting interim storage on another front after district court dismissal
New Mexico’s attorney general moved his fight against commercial interim storage to an appeals court after a District Court threw out his first challenge to the site in early March, according to recent court documents. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has until May 9 to respond to state Attorney General Hector Balderas’s most recent arguments against […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Enviros pressing NWPA argument in interim storage lawsuit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission violated federal law when it licensed a proposed commercial facility in Texas to store nearly half of the country’s spent nuclear fuel, a coalition of anti-nuclear groups argued last week as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the agency. NRC, which in September gave its blessing to Waste Control Specialists-Orano USA […]
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Decommissioning
Kewaunee plant sale ‘worst proposal ever,’ NorthStar says
After a recent hearing on the proposed sale of a Wisconsin nuclear power plant, decommissioning hopeful NorthStar renewed calls last week for the state to reject the transaction, according to public filings. EnergySolutions’ proposal to purchase Kewaunee Power Station from Dominion Energy “may be the worst proposal ever put before” the Wisconsin Public Service Commission […]
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Decommissioning
Bill in Massachusetts legislature would block Pilgrim wastewater discharge
A bill in the Massachusetts state legislature would prevent a company decommissioning a nuclear power plant in the commonwealth from releasing irradiated wastewater from the site into a nearby bay. If it becomes law, the measure proposed by state Sen. Susan Moran (D) would ban the disposal of radioactive waste into “in any coastal or […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap-up: Zaporizhzhia attack a war crime, U.S. says; Fort Worth weighing in on interim storage suit
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Here are some other stories RadWaste Monitor was tracking across the civilian nuclear power space this week. U.S. accuses Russia of war crimes in shelling Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Even before the U.S. took a firm stance on the Russian military’s violence against civilians in Ukraine this week, its embassy in Kyiv accused […]