Vol. 15, No. 14 
NRC decom budget up for ‘23 to account for further reactor shutdowns
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC approves proposal to combine GTCC, low-level waste disposal rulemaking activities
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved an agency staff suggestion to combine two ongoing radioactive-waste rulemakings into one in an effort to streamline the process, according to a memo this week. The commissioners’ unanimous approval, announced in a Wednesday memo, means that NRC staff will now re-issue a new proposed rulemaking combining an existing inquiry […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec could build advanced reactor at Oyster Creek ‘tomorrow’ with help from feds, CEO says
SUN VALLEY, IDAHO — The almighty dollar is the only thing standing in the way of Holtec International’s plans to build an advanced reactor at the site of a former New Jersey nuclear plant, the company’s CEO said here this week. “The government is the one that has to step up” to help fund Holtec’s […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
To raise capital for advanced reactors, show investors a ‘viable company,’ IB exec says
SUN VALLEY, IDAHO — Advanced nuclear companies hoping to tap into big pools of funding for their projects need to bring more than good ideas to the table, J.P. Morgan’s lead energy executive said here this week. “I think, first and foremost, what people need to show us is that they have a company,” said […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Wisconsin public service commission to make decision on Kewaunee sale by May
The decommissioning company aiming to purchase a Wisconsin nuclear power plant expects that the state regulatory reviewing the transaction should make a decision before the summer, according to a recent letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (WPSC) has received its final party briefings and won’t hold any more hearings on […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Orano secures spent fuel management contract at Diablo Canyon
In some of the first public details about decommissioning work at California’s last operating nuclear plant, Orano USA announced this week that it had locked down a contract to transfer the site’s spent fuel into dry storage post-shutdown. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), which owns and operates Diablo Canyon Power Plant, selected Orano USA subsidiary […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Hope for U.S. fuel reprocessing still kindled at Curio
SUN VALLEY, IDAHO — Despite a perceived lack of interest in the technology at the federal level and a major roadblock in the form of federal nuclear-waste law, Curio Solutions is still carrying a torch for spent fuel reprocessing and the company’s CEO wants Congress to know. “We have a once-through fuel cycle that treats […]
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Budget & Policy
Former House E&C chair Upton retiring from Congress
The former head of the House’s energy panel won’t seek another term in Congress, he announced this week. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is retiring after a nearly 30-year stint representing Michigan’s sixth congressional district, he announced Tuesday during remarks on the House floor. “Thanks again to the people of my district who placed their faith […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: IAEA to investigate Chernobyl trenches; Holtec to chat with Palisades community next week
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. As your rad waste reporter heads back to Washington after a successful Idaho trip, here are some other stories RadWaste Monitor was tracking from across the civilian nuclear power space this week. IAEA to visit Chernobyl, investigate alleged Russian trenches The U.N.’s nuclear authority plans to soon visit the Chernobyl Nuclear […]