Vol. 15, No. 36

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

In NRC filing, Nevada Gov. Sisolak aims to slay ‘zombie-like’ Yucca Mountain once and for all

In the state’s latest attempt to kill the project for good, Nevada this week asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to end the long-idled licensing review of the U.S.’s only congressionally-designated storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. Gov. Steve Sisolak’s (D) request, if approved by NRC, would re-open licensing proceedings for the Yucca Mountain site so […]
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    $16M in funding up for grabs in new DOE consent-based siting grant

    The Department of Energy this week unveiled a multi-million-dollar funding opportunity aimed at giving interested communities the tools to explore whether they could host an interim storage site for nuclear fuel. The funding opportunity, which DOE announced in a press release Tuesday, would provide around $16 million in funding for six to eight awardees over […]

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    Spent fuel caucus co-founder Levin takes victory lap on interim storage funding award

    A California congressman who has been a vocal proponent of a federal nuclear waste solution took some credit this week for the Department of Energy’s recently-unveiled interim storage funding opportunity, according to a press release. Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.), who counts San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) among his constituents in California’s 49th congressional district, […]

  • Decommissioning

    Stakeholders discuss Palisades restart gambit at NRC decom meeting

    Members of the public this week weighed in on a proposal to bring a recently-shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant back online during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting. During the meeting Thursday evening NRC was set to receive public comments on Palisades Nuclear Generating Station’s post-decommissioning shutdown activities report (PSDAR), an action plan required for dismantling […]

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    FirstEnergy CEO Strah resigns; no severance

    FirstEnergy CEO Steven Strah retired without warning at roughly the same time that an internal management review related to the corporation’s 2019 bribery scandal was completed. The company provided no information on the timing of the retirement. In a press release Sept. 15 FirstEnergy said John W. Somerhalder II, chairman of FirstEnergy’s board of directors, has been […]

  • Decommissioning

    Diablo Canyon generated 8% of Cali electricity in 2021, EIA says

    California’s last operating nuclear power plant, slated for closure until recently, produced nearly a tenth of California’s total electricity supply last year, the government’s independent energy auditor said this week. Diablo Canyon Power Plant generated more than 16,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity, around 8%, of California’s 2021 electricity reserves, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in […]

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    Wrap-up: Spent fuel caucus meets with NRC chair; Class-action against NuScale

    Happy Friday, and happy fall, 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. Rep. Levin, spent fuel caucus meet with NRC chair Hanson The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chief executive met this week with a set of […]

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