Vol. 16, No. 20 
Combined low-level, GTCC rulemaking headed to NRC commissioners for approval in November
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Decommissioning
NorthStar to acquire, decommission GE Hitachi’s Vallecitos reactors
NorthStar Group Services plans to acquire the Vallecitos Nuclear Center, in Sunol, Calif., from General Electric Hitachi, adding four reactors to the privately held company’s decommissioning fleet. As of Friday, privately held NorthStar, New York, had not filed for a license transfer with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Neither NorthStar nor General Electric (GE) Hitachi have […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Bans on Russian uranium advance in House and Senate
House and Senate panels this week approved bans on importing Russian uranium, with Senators calling for a quicker end to the practice than their House colleagues. It was uncertain this week what prospects the differing bills had for reconciliation, or whether President Joe Biden (D), whose secretary of energy has cautioned that the U.S. cannot […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
To save space, ARPA-E seeks information on transmutation of nuclear waste
The Department of Energy wants to hear by June 16 from entities doing research and development on technology to transmute nuclear waste into other things, the agency wrote Monday in a request for information. DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) seeks “novel and disruptive technologies that are early in the R&D cycle” and […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
U.S., Canadian org, sign agreement to share information about nuclear waste management
The Department of Energy and Canadian nonprofit Nuclear Waste Management Organization signed an agreeement to cooperate on used nuclear fuel management, the Canadian organization announced Tuesday. “The agreement reflects the U.S. and Canada’s shared commitment to safely managing used nuclear fuel, including that from small modular reactors,” the Nuclear Waste Management Organization wrote in a […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Round up: Senate committee wants report on nuke credits; Connecticut seeks NRC agreement; Enviros pray for NRC over uranium in Tennessee
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week advanced a bill that would require the Department of Energy to report on the costs of implementing a federal bailout for struggling nuclear power plants. S. 452, the Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023, would require DOE to report by 180 days after the measure becomes […]