Vol. 15, No. 33

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Judges question NRC authority to license interim storage; cast shadow over ISP site in Texas, dry storage pads across the U.S. 

In oral arguments this week, two federal appeals judges appeared skeptical of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s power to license commercial storage of spent nuclear fuel.  Those two judges, by themselves, have the power to undo the commission’s September 2021 license of Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP) proposed spent-fuel storage site in Andrews County, Texas, which by […]
  • Decommissioning

    California Senate passes Diablo Canyon lifeline

    California lawmakers this week passed an eleventh-hour bill that, if signed into law, would help keep the Golden State’s last operating nuclear power plant running into the next decade. The state Senate passed the proposed measure 31-1 late on Wednesday night, the final scheduled day of the legislative session. The bill would give the California […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Summary of public comment on DOE interim storage inquiry due in September, spox says

    The Department of Energy expects next month to publish its key findings from a review of hundreds of public comments on its ongoing effort to site a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, an agency spokesperson said this week. DOE is “going… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Decommissioning

    Enviros, Cali lawmakers oppose Diablo Canyon life extension

    As the California legislature this week passed a billion-dollar bailout to keep the state’s last operating nuclear power plant running through the next decade, opponents of the proposal are sounding the alarm about the safety and transparency of such action. Representatives… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    DOE rolls out diversity & inclusion plan

    The Department of Energy this week unveiled a framework for increasing its workplace diversity as directed by the White House, the agency said in a press release. Under DOE’s new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) strategic plan, the agency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Decommissioning

    Navy to contract out USS Enterprise dismantling

    The U.S. Navy has said that it would like to ship the country’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to a commercial shipyard for dismantlement rather than use its own resources to do the job, according to a recent draft environmental impact statement. “The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • International

    Wrap-up: IAEA visits threatened Zaporizhzhia plant; Entergy employee saves child; Vernon Haywood (1950-2022)

    Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Before we kick off the last week of summer, here are some other stories that RadWaste Monitor was tracking this week. IAEA director Grossi visits embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

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