Vol. 15, No. 25

Budget & Policy

DOE Nuclear Energy top line up in House’s first draft of 2023 budget

Proposed funding in the House for the Department of Energy’s nuclear power office was up slightly compared with the White House’s request, according to a draft of the lower chamber’s 2023 energy and water spending bill reported out of an appropriations subcommittee this week. If it became law, the House’s proposed budget would allocate around […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Simpson skeptical about Biden admin’s interim storage spending shuffle

    The ranking member of the House’s energy and water appropriations subcommittee said this week he wants more clarity on a White House proposal to move cash for its consent-based interim storage effort out of the Nuclear Waste Fund Oversight program. “I don’t know what the reasoning behind it is,” Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) told RadWaste […]

  • Decommissioning

    DOE seeking public comment on nuke credits rules change

    Members of the public have about a week to submit their input on a proposed change to the Department of Energy’s civil nuclear credits program that would make a California nuclear power plant eligible for part of the federal bailout, the agency said last week. If adopted, the proposed amendment to DOE’s nuclear credits guidance […]

  • Decommissioning

    Kewaunee sale to EnergySolutions final by end of June, company says

    EnergySolutions planned to purchase a Wisconsin nuclear power plant by the end of the month, the company told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week. EnergySolutions received “all required regulatory approvals” for its purchase of Kewaunee Power Station, according to a letter to NRC dated Tuesday. The company and plant owner Dominion Energy were expected to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Enviros’ interim storage suit barking up the wrong tree, ISP says

    Environmental groups cannot use a lawsuit centered on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s conduct during the licensing of a commercial interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel as a backdoor for canceling the license, the company in charge of the project argued this week in court. The environmentalists, led by anti-nuclear group Don’t Waste Michigan, are […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    Wrap Up: Huff at NEI; DOE advanced nuclear research awards

    Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Before we wrap up this short week, here are some other stories RadWaste Monitor was tracking across the civilian nuclear power space this week. Huff discusses DOE priorities at industry conference The Department of Energy’s nuclear power chief laid out her office’s plans for supporting the industry this week during a conference held […]

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