Vol. 16, No. 21 
Holtec says funding fight for Palisades restart could be won or lost by July
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Cleanup & Remediation
Idaho county’s case for INL impact payments already rejected by courts, feds say
Butte County, Idaho has already tried and failed to convince federal courts the locality is entitled to “impact payments” because of ongoing storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, according to Justice Department legal papers filed Monday. “Plaintiff already tested—and lost—its theory that it was entitled to impact assistance […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Company has no right to develop coastal property near Diablo Canyon, judge says
A land developer will not soon be building what amounts to a small city in the buffer zone around the Diablo Canyon Power Plant after a California court ruled Monday that the developer does not have a valid lease on the land. The Local San Luis Obispo Tribune first reported the proposed ruling in the Superior Court of […]
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Budget & Policy
Budget negotiations creating logjam for 2024 spending bills
The House Appropriations Committee postponed markups of several fiscal year 2024 spending bills with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairwoman said this week. Citing ongoing negotiations between the administration and House Republican leadership, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the appropriations committee, said all markups scheduled for the week are now postponed. “Given recent […]
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Budget & Policy
House committee easily sends Russian uranium ban to floor
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would ban imports of Russian uranium by 2028, sending the measure to the House floor. Most Democrats on the committee opposed H.R. 1042, which passed by a vote of 29-21. In testimony to the committee this month, Jennifer Granholm, the secretary of energy, […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Illinois lawmakers conditionally lift ban on new nuclear-plant construction
On the last day of its session, the Illinois legislature exempted advanced nuclear reactors from a state ban on new nuclear power plants. The state House on May 19 approved a bill lifting the ban by 84-22 and the state Senate voted 36-14 to go along with their House colleagues. The second House-amended version of Senate […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Round up: Mass., Holtec wastewater tests; Another Monticello leak; New SNC-Lavelin Canada lead; more
Separate samples of untreated wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station in Plymouth, Mass., one collected by state and agencies and another by Holtec Decommissioning International, were found to be identical, state officials and the company said this week. Massachusetts officials and Holtec briefed their findings to the local Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel, which […]