Vol. 16, No. 15 
Holtec seeks $300M for Palisades restart from Michigan
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC guidance on using decom funds for equipment replacement coming in ‘late May’
In late May, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will publish draft guidelines for power plant owners who wish to use decommissioning funds to replace plant equipment, an agency official said Thursday. When the interim guidance from NRC staff appears, the public,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Enviros sue to stop Diablo Canyon extension
An environmentalist group on Tuesday sued the operator of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California, seeking to keep the facility’s recently bailed-out reactors from operating beyond 2025. If it keeps Diablo Canyon open until at least 2030, Pacific Gas and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Ex-academic threatens to sue NRC over failure of 60s-era TRIGA reactor and imaging business
A man who tried to resurrect commercial imaging services at a shuttered, 1960s-vintage reactor recently threatened to sue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for allegedly ruining his business plans. In a letter to NRC, David Slaughter, the current president of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE releases contract to evaluate bidders for reactor bailouts
The Department of Energy recently released a roughly four-year contract that will fund the agency’s evaluation of financially struggling nuclear reactors that could qualify for billions of dollars in bailouts Congress made available last year. The contract, administered… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Round up: Bipartisan plea for Palisades restart; Diable Canyon advisory add; next-gen nuke kids; more
Michigan should work with the U.S. Department of Energy to reopen the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, two state lawmakers opined this week in the Detroit Free Press. “The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant used to produce enough electricity to power over half… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]