Vol. 16, No. 14 
NRC to stake out position on using decommissioning funds for equipment replacement
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Budget & Policy
Retooled Capito bill has nuke liability-cap extension, DOE waste reporting, NRC reforms
A bipartisan group of 10 senators, led by Sen. Shelley Capito (R-WVa.), on Monday published the text of a nuclear policy bill that among other things would extend a cap on industry liability for catastrophic nuclear accidents. The bill would extend the $13-billion liability cap known as the Price-Anderson Act by 20 years to 2045, […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Some decommissioning work at Oyster Creek delayed
Holtec will delay decommissioning work at the shuttered Oyster Creek Generating Station in Ocean Township, N.J., citing financial and operational factors, the company told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently. In an annual decommissioning funding report, posted online Wednesday by NRC and dated March 31, Holtec, Jupiter, Fla., said it would delay cutting up the shuttered […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Osborne is new CFO for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Howard Osborne will leave IBM to become chief financial officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on April 23, the agency said Monday in a press release. As chief financial officer, Osborne is responsible for the management and auditing of the agency’s finances and is the five-member commission’s top financial policy adviser. Osborne was most recently […]
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Decommissioning
Holtec happy to help study planned Pilgrim wastewater discharge; won’t fund inquiry
Holtec Decommissioning International will participate in but not pay for an independent study of discharging wastewater from the shuttered Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts into Cape Cod bay, the company told the state’s junior U.S. senator Friday. “We believe your independent panel will confirm the scientific facts to inform the public,” the company wrote […]
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Decommissioning
Holtec submits EPA permit mod request for Pilgrim wastewater discharge
Holtec recently filed a permit modification request with the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at assuaging the agency’s reservations about whether the company is allowed to discharge irradiated wastewater into Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted Holtec’s permit modification request, and some supporting documents, online this week. The company filed the request […]
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International
AECL seeks pre-qualified bidders to compete for new Canadian Nuclear Labs biz
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is proceeding with previously-announced plans to seek bidders seeking to run Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, the federal Crown corporation said Friday. Canadian National Energy Alliance, an SNC-Lavalin-led team with Jacobs and Fluor as minority partners, currently runs daily operations of Canada’s national labs under a 10-year contract set to expire in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Round up: Senior decom managers, come on down; German power plants, shut on down; Slovenian spent fuel, come on in
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week invited four senior managers of companies decommissioning nuclear power plants to share their experiences with the commission in May at agency headquarters in Rockville, Md., near Washington. “On May 2, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be holding a public meeting to discuss Decommissioning Lessons Learned from the past and […]