Vol. 16, No. 01 
What to watch in 2023: Civilian nuclear waste management
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
NRC won’t rule out removal of Church Rock mine waste despite possible effect on Navajo
The potential environmental effects of a proposed cleanup plan for a shuttered uranium mine in New Mexico likely will not stand in the way of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving the cleanup, according to an agency report published this week. The “adverse… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Perry, Davis-Besse scandal stings FirstEnergy again with new FERC fine
Another federal agency has financially penalized FirstEnergy Corp. for its involvement in a 2019 bribery scandal. In a Dec. 15 agreement, FirstEnergy agreed to pay a $3.86 million fine to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for not being up front with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Decommissioning
NRC releases proposed language of mandatory Dodd-Frank reforms for licensee credit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving to the next step in its congressionally-mandated effort to amend a rule about financial assurances for decommissioning nuclear power plants by stripping out references to credit ratings, the agency said this week. NRC’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
Wrap-up: Holtec highlights ‘banner year’; More power woes at Zaporizhzhya; Michigan’s nuclear feasibility study
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Your rad waste reporter is slowly recovering from a COVID-19 infection. Before we head off into the weekend, here are some other stories RadWaste Monitor was tracking from across the civilian nuclear power space this week. Holtec International… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]