Vol. 15, No. 18 
Interim storage funding opportunity due in early fall, Granholm says
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Budget & Policy
Huff confirmed as NE-1 with big bipartisan margin in Senate
Kathryn Huff, the White House’s pick for assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy, cleared the full Senate this week, clinching her spot as head of the Department of Energy’s nuclear energy office. The Senate voted 80-11 Thursday to confirm Kathryn Huff, who the Joe Biden administration first nominated in January to lead DOE’s Office […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Biden admin taps Crowell, former commissioner Caputo for vacant NRC slots
The White House this week announced its nominees to fill the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s two open executive seats, including one former commissioner who left the agency last summer. If Annie Caputo and Bradley Crowell’s nominations, which the Joe Biden administration announced in a press release Tuesday, get through Congress, they would fill two seats on […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Summary of interim storage RFI responses coming this summer, DOE says
A round-up of public comments on how the Department of Energy should go about siting a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel should be published before Labor Day, the agency said this week. DOE “is working to analyze the comments” on its interim storage request for information (RFI) unveiled in November, an agency […]
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Decommissioning
Cali gov reconsidering Diablo Canyon shutdown
In what could be a reversal of fortune for Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the governor of California is weighing whether to bid on a federal bailout for the Golden State’s last operating nuclear power facility, he said last week. State Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) told the LA Times editorial board Friday that a bid on […]
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Decommissioning
NRC moves decom rule comment deadline to August
The interested public now has until the end of the summer to provide their feedback on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rules change for decommissioning nuclear power plants, the agency said this week. August 30 is now the deadline for comments on NRC’s proposed decommissioning rulemaking, the agency said in presentation slides for an upcoming […]
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Decommissioning
EnergySolutions accuses NorthStar of delaying Kewaunee plant sale approval as state regulator nears decision
A decommissioning company intervening in state-level proceedings necessary for EnergySolutions’ purchase of a Wisconsin nuclear power plant wants to drag out the process with last-minute contentions, EnergySolutions argued this week. NorthStar’s April request to include Kewaunee Power Station’s annual decommissioning funding status report in the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s (WPSC) review of the plant’s sale […]
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Decommissioning
Inspection procedures at Diablo Canyon still pass muster after feedwater leak investigation, NRC says
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission took issue Tuesday with a report from its inspector general suggesting that the agency had been lax in its inspection of a soon-to-close nuclear power plant, according to new documents. Although NRC’s inspector general alleged in a March report that an improper inspection of Diablo Canyon Power Plant back in 2020 […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Wrap Up: Granholm visits new nuke research facility; New research grants from NRC; Pro-nukers rail against proposed advanced reactor regs
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. As we head into what looks like a rainy weekend here in Washington, here are some other stories RadWaste Monitor was tracking across the civilian nuclear power space this week. Granholm visits Michigan nuclear research facility The Secretary of Energy this week attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new Michigan State University […]