Vol. 15, No. 35 
Palisades restart uncertain as DOE weighs bailout bids
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Decommissioning
DOE to announce nuclear credits awardees as soon as October
The Department of Energy may notify the first awardees in its multi-billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout in early fall, an agency spokesperson said this week. DOE, which stopped accepting applications Sep. 6 for its roughly $6 billion civil nuclear credits program, “will announce any conditional awards as soon as 30 days after the deadline,” an agency […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Oral argument scheduled in NM interim storage suit
The state of New Mexico was scheduled to present its case against a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel to a panel of judges before Thanksgiving, court documents show. Santa Fe’s lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which aims to block two proposed private interim storage sites in New Mexico and Texas, is […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC proposes rad waste transport regs change for ‘harmonization’ with international standards
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week proposed a series of amendments to its regulations for packaging and transporting radioactive material, which the agency said would bring its oversight in line with international standards. The proposed changes, which NRC announced in a Federal Register notice Monday, are aimed at “harmonization with the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Orano, Spectra Tech announce joint venture
Nuclear services company Orano Federal Services and environmental services contractor Spectra Tech created a joint-venture company to pursue small business set-aside contracts, the two said in a joint press release. The new joint venture, dubbed Spectrano, will “leverage its history of performance at federal sites across the country,” Orano said in the Wednesday release. The […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE program manager Barr retires
Debbie Barr, program manager in the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management, retired from the agency late last month, according to a press release published this week. Barr, who started as program manager in 2018, retired Aug. 31, according to the Wednesday press release. During her time at DOE, she oversaw several programs within […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap-up: DOE’s interim storage summary; Retiring coal sites for new nuclear; Swiss repository selected
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Before we head off into the weekend, here are some other stories that RadWaste Monitor was tracking from across the civilian nuclear power space this week. DOE publishes summary of interim storage comments In a new report this week, the Department of Energy published its round-up of community input on the agency’s […]