Vol. 16, No. 19 
NRC licenses Holtec to store spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico; New Mexico pols oppose
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Budget & Policy
Republicans blast Baran as ‘impediment’ to nuclear renaissance in NRC renomination hearing
In a Tuesday hearing about his nomination to a third term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Republican Senators painted Commissioner Jeffrey Baran as an impediment to nuclear progress. However, none of the Republicans who questioned Baran in his Wednesday nomination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Decommissioning
Lower Palisades decommissioning estimate justifiable, NRC says
Holtec International’s cost estimate for decommissioning a Michigan nuclear power plant is justifiable, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff said recently in a review that did not touch on the state’s biggest gripes about the plan. Excluding unforeseen increases,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Man can sue over failed imaging business with California reactor, NRC says
A man who threatened to sue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the failure of a neutron imaging business can have his day in court if he wants it, the commission said late last week. “Your claim did not reveal that you suffered any damage to or loss of property… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
BWXT to process up to twice as much uranium after nearly two tons of scrap found at Y-12
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to have BWX Technologies process nearly twice as much high-assay low-enriched uranium as recently planned after more than a metric ton of the material was found at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. A… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Round up: Granholm hopeful about Palisades; Telework and morale at NRC; NM paper criticizes Congressionals over Holtec; more
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm is holding out hope that the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan, which she governed from 2003 to 2007, will roar back to life. “There is hopefully an effort to try to revive that,” Granholm testified Thursday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]