Vol. 16, No. 11 
Nuclear energy budget would go down at DOE in fiscal 24; waste management portfolio would be flat
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Budget & Policy
NRC requests nearly flat budget for 2024
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission would wind up with close to a flat budget in 2024 if a request sent to Congress Monday becomes law. The independent federal civilian nuclear power regulator seeks some $979.2 million for fiscal year 2024, about $52 million million… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Bill to block proposed Holtec interim storage site clears final committee in New Mexico House
A bill that would broadly prohibit storage of spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico was set up for a final vote in the New Mexico legislature on the final day of the session. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee of the New Mexico House of Representatives passed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Consent-based siting the hard way and the only way for nuclear waste, NRC commissioner says
Consent-based siting, or securing support at all levels of government for a nuclear-waste repository, “won’t be fun,” a Nuclear Regulatory Commission commission said Wednesday at an agency conference. “Even a consent-based process is going to take time… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Cortez Masto meets assurances about spent fuel cask safety with skepticism
Nevada’s senior senator last week expressed skepticism about the safety of spent-nuclear-fuel casks, which the director of the Idaho National Laboratory touted during a hearing about nuclear energy and waste. The Thursday hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Householder found guilty in bribery trial; Former Ohio lawmaker passed legislation to save struggling nuclear plants
A federal jury convicted a former Ohio lawmaker and an accomplice last week for a massive bribery scheme intended to keep two struggling Ohio reactors financially afloat. Former House speaker Larry Householder, 63, and former Ohio Republican Party chairman Mathew Borges, 50, face potential sentences of up to 20 years in prison. The trial lasted […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
NuScale on the hunt for more buyers
By John Stang NuScale Power Corp. hopes to add three new clients 2023 to the two that it already has. The small modular reactor developer pinned down its second client in 2022, RoPower Nuclear S.A, which will build six reactors at a decommissioned coal-fired power… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]