Vol. 15, No. 47 
DOE extends deadline for interim storage funding opportunity
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Decommissioning
Second round of DOE nuclear credits planned for January ‘23
The Department of Energy is planning to open up its second round of bailouts for economically-troubled nuclear power plants in the new year, an agency spokesperson said this week. DOE is preparing its next round of funding under its roughly $6 billion civil nuclear credits program, greenlit in November 2021 under the Infrastructure Investment and […]
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Decommissioning
EPA puts Holtec on notice over Pilgrim wastewater plan
The Environmental Protection Agency this week fired back at Holtec International after the company doubled down on claims that federal law allows it to discharge irradiated wastewater from a nuclear plant it is decommissioning in Massachusetts. In a letter to Holtec dated Monday, James Chow, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement and […]
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Decommissioning
PG&E aiming for 2025 license renewal for Diablo Canyon plant
Following bailouts from the federal government and the state of California, the company running the Golden State’s last operating nuclear power plant projected this week that it could have a renewed operating license for the facility in the next two years or so. During a Thursday teleconference with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Pacific Gas & […]
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Decommissioning
Spent fuel storage move at Indian Point plant complete by February, Holtec says
The company in charge of decommissioning a shuttered New York nuclear power plant forecast that it could finish moving the facility’s spent nuclear fuel inventory into dry storage early next year, according to regulatory filings. Holtec International, which is dismantling Indian Point Energy Center, has told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission it expects spent fuel transfer […]
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Decommissioning
NRC to hold oral argument on enviros’ gambit to block Three Mile Island decom
An anti-nuclear group looking to block decommissioning of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant may get a chance in the new year to argue its case before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to agency correspondence. NRC’s Atomic Safety Licensing Board planned to hold a 90-minute oral argument session on Three Mile Island Alert’s (TMIA) petition against […]
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Decommissioning
Vermont Yankee citizens group considers endorsing union criticism of NRC decom rule
The citizen-run advisory committee for a shuttered Vermont nuclear power plant was scheduled to consider next week throwing its weight behind a national electrical union’s comments on proposed changes to federal regulations governing reactor decommissioning, according to a meeting agenda. During its Dec. 12 meeting, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel planned to […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Wrap-up: DOE’s nuclear power outreach grant; Framatome to develop fuel storage for NuScale reactors; Bono stumps for nuclear
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. For those of us still mourning the U.S.’s exit from the World Cup, we can pin our hopes to Morocco, which plays Portugal for a shot at the quarterfinals on Saturday. Before we head off into the weekend, here are some other stories that RadWaste Monitor was tracking from across the civilian […]