Vol. 15, No. 30 
Senate appropriators back White House’s interim storage spending shuffle
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Summary of interim storage RFI responses coming ‘soon,’ senior DOE official says
Members of the public interested in how the Department of Energy interpreted community input about siting a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel may not have to wait much longer, the agency’s nuclear energy chief said this week. A summary of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Supreme Court ‘major questions’ ruling still doesn’t affect interim storage lawsuit, NRC says
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week joined the licensee of a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in rejecting arguments that a recent Supreme Court decision invalidated the project’s license, court filings show. The new argument from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Senate environment committee approves Caputo, Crowell for NRC slots
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted unanimously this week to advance the White House’s nominees to fill out the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the panel said in a press release. If the full Senate gives the green light to Annie Caputo and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Manchin bill would establish nuke waste agency to lead repository siting
A proposed bill currently awaiting debate in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that would create an independent federal agency to oversee the development of nuclear waste storage sites. The new organization proposed in Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
Major SONGS reactor parts headed to disposal facility
The utility company in charge of decommissioning a California nuclear power plant is preparing to ship some heavy reactor parts out of state to a low-level disposal facility, according to a recent press release. The reactor pressure vessel head of San Onofre Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
DOE publishes record of decision for test reactor environmental review
The Department of Energy has formalized its plans to build an advanced reactor at one of its national laboratories, the agency said in a press release this week. In a record of decision document, DOE said it would aim to build its Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) at… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap up: Pollutants in Pilgrim water test; Western governors against interim storage
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Before the weekend starts, here are a couple of other stories that RadWaste Monitor was tracking this week. Testing reveals non-nuclear pollutants in Pilgrim wastewater A state test on spent fuel pool wastewater planned for release… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]