Vol. 15, No. 17 
Entergy unmoved by Michigan gov’s quest for Palisades nuke credits; shutdown proceeding
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Biden Nuclear Energy nominee for DOE breezes through committee on unanimous vote
The Joe Biden administration’s pick to lead the Department of Energy’s nuclear power section is one step closer to the job after clearing the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Thursday on a voice vote. Kathryn Huff, who the White House nominated in January to become assistant secretary for nuclear energy (NE-1) in DOE’s Office […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE seeks $10M in dedicated local, tribal funds as part of interim storage ‘ramp up’ in FY23
The Department of Energy requested $10 million to fund local and tribal participation in a quest to find a host community for a federally operated interim spent fuel storage site, according to a detailed fiscal year 2023 budget request released late last week. For the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, DOE says it wants […]
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Decommissioning
Holtec walks back ‘emotional response’ to Diablo Canyon spent fuel contract
Holtec International late last week withdrew some sharp criticism it made against the company selected to provide spent-fuel management services at a California nuclear power plant, framing its comments as a heat-of-the-moment reaction. Comments directed at Orano USA in an April 6 letter “reflected an emotional response in the immediate wake of the disappointing news,” […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Interim Storage Partners tag-teams with NRC to kill Texas spent fuel lawsuit
The company aiming to build an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Texas joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in calling for a state lawsuit to be kicked out of a federal appeals court, according to a new filing on the docket. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s arguments against Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP) proposed […]
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Decommissioning
Renewables outpaced nuclear in 2021, EIA says
U.S. electricity generation from nuclear power plants fell behind output from renewable energy sources last year, the government’s independent energy auditor said this week. Renewable energy sources, which include wind, hydropower, solar, biomass, and geothermal power, generated around 800 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity in 2021, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report […]
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International
Wrap Up: IAEA’s Ukraine report; University advanced nukes; TMI meltdown doc coming to Netflix
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Before we head off for the weekend, here are some other stories RadWaste Monitor was tracking across the civilian nuclear power space this week. Situation at Ukraine nuke plants ‘challenging,’ but no rad threats to public yet, IAEA says Although the Russian invasion of Ukraine poses some danger to the country’s nuclear […]