Vol. 15, No. 7 
DOE Employee Alleges Hiring Malpractice at Agency’s Office of Nuclear Energy
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Budget & Policy
Senate Passes Short-term Budget Patch, Needs Biden’s Signature
Following the lead of the House of Representatives earlier this month, the U.S. Senate voted 65-to-27 Thursday evening to approve a short-term spending deal to keep the federal government open through March 11. President Joe Biden was expected to sign the latest… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Proposed NM Rad Waste Bill Dead, Chief Supporter Says
A bill aimed at banning the storage of high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico is no more after the state House of Representatives tabled the measure without debate this week. House Bill 127, sponsored State Rep. Matthew McQueen (D), is dead in this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must […]
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Decommissioning
Comments on DOE Nuke Credits Info Request Due in March, Agency Says
The interested public has until mid-March to submit comments to the Department of Energy on its multi-billion dollar bailout program for struggling nuclear power plants, the agency said in a notice this week. March 17 is the latest date that stakeholders can register… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
Cali Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Fast-Track SONGS Waste for Disposal
A bipartisan bill unveiled last week aims to move a California nuclear power plant’s spent fuel inventory to the top of the Department of Energy’s collection list for when it finally starts accepting nuclear waste for disposal. If the “Spent Fuel Prioritization… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Decommissioning
Wisconsin Public Service Commission to Hold Hearing on Kewaunee Plant Sale
Members of the public should get an opportunity next month to weigh in on the sale of a Wisconsin nuclear power plant to a decommissioning company, the state’s public service panel said this week. It’s the next major public forum for a sale that was shaping… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Scraps Enviros’ Request for Hearing on Exelon Plant Transfers
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has canned a coalition of anti-nuclear groups’ call for a public hearing on a recently-approved order allowing Exelon to transfer ownership of over a dozen of its former nuclear plants to its generation spin-off company, the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
UMass Test Reactor Can Use Fuel From Decommissioned WPI Research Plant, NRC Says
The University of Massachusetts’s research reactor can safely use fuel it obtained from a separate, decommissioned test reactor in the Bay State, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined in a license renewal document unveiled this week. NRC approved UMass’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Decommissioning
Siting Advanced Reactors at Decommissioned Power Plants a ‘Good Idea,’ Nuclear Expert Says
The sites of former power stations, particularly decommissioned coal plants, are good candidates for large advanced nuclear projects, the project lead for the Department of Defense’s microreactor program said during a seminar this week. “In terms of large reactors… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Editorial: Sam Brinton’s Credibility is Not an Issue; Desire to Serve Commendable
By now, even nuclear-industry professionals who shun the Washington, D.C., beltway may know the name Sam Brinton. In January, senior agency leadership selected Brinton — a 2013 MIT graduate whose master’s thesis was dedicated to used nuclear fuel storage — to be the Department of Energy’s next deputy assistant secretary of spent fuel and waste […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Wrap-Up: Diablo Canyon Plant’s Host County Weighs in on Planned Shutdown; Keating Presses NRC on Pilgrim Wastewater; More NRC Covid Exemptions for Nuke Plants
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Before we dive into the long weekend, here are a few other stories that RadWaste Monitor was tracking this week. Diablo Canyon Host Community to Press Newsom on Plant Closure Officials from the California community hosting the soon-to-close… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]