Vol. 15, No. 48 
Facing theft charges in two states, DOE spent fuel lead Brinton out of a job
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Budget & Policy
Pallone to be Democrats’ ranking member on House energy committee
Although the House Democrat currently in charge of the chamber’s energy committee will hand in his gavel in the next Congress, he will stick with the panel as its ranking member, according to a press release this week. The House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) ranking member of the House Energy and […]
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Decommissioning
Holtec drafting response to scathing EPA declaration on Pilgrim wastewater discharge
After the Environmental Protection Agency last week threatened to throw the book at Holtec International over proposed wastewater discharges from a Massachusetts nuclear power plant, the decommissioning company is preparing a response, a spokesperson said this week. Holtec is planning to respond next week to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Dec. 5 letter reiterating concerns […]
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Decommissioning
Orano finishes dismantling, packaging Vermont Yankee reactor
Orano USA has finished dismantling and packaging the main reactor unit at a Vermont nuclear power plant under decommissioning, the company announced this week. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station’s single boiling-water reactor has been completely segmented and all irradiated components have been packaged for transport, Orano said in a press release dated Tuesday. The reactor’s […]
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Decommissioning
Oral argument set in enviros’ latest move to halt TMI decom
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has set a date for hearing an anti-nuclear group’s case against the proposed decommissioning of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant, according to agency documents. NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board planned Jan. 19 to hold an oral argument session on Three Mile Island Alert’s (TMIA) petition against a proposed license amendment […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Biden admin taps Siu to chair NWTRB
The White House last week announced that nuclear risk management expert Nathan Siu will head up the government’s independent nuclear waste technology auditor, according to a press release. The Joe Biden administration appointed Siu, who was previously a senior technical adviser in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s risk analysis division, as designated chair of the Nuclear […]
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Decommissioning
NRC removes monitoring requirements for Humboldt Bay ISFSI after decom
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week that it has lifted some environmental quality assurance requirements for a shuttered California nuclear power plant now that decommissioning work at the facility has wrapped up. In its Oct. 11 order, announced in a Federal Register notice Wednesday, NRC exempted Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from regulations that […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap-up: Government shutdown averted; DOE awards research vouchers; Personnel changes at NRC
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. This is it — after Morocco’s luck ran out this week, Sunday’s World Cup final is set between France and Argentina. Before we start the pre-gaming, here are some other stories that RadWaste Monitor has been tracking from across the civilian nuclear power space this week. Congress this week voted to extend […]