Waste storage before new plants; more public input for decommissioning, House Dems tell NRC
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
On second try, Senate committee approves Baran for five more years at NRC
Jeffrey Baran’s nomination for another term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was before the full Senate Thursday after a committee this week approved his nomination in a razor-thin party-line vote. In a Wednesday business meeting, the Democrat-controlled… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
NRC would escape spending cuts in FY24 under Republican spending bill
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission would receive its requested budget for fiscal year 2024, under a Republican-authored spending bill unveiled this week in the House. The civilian nuclear power and waste regulator would get about $979.2 million for the budget year… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
New York lawmakers could soon return to Albany to ban Indian Point wastewater discharges
The New York state legislature could return to Albany for a special session, during which the body’s state Assembly could take up a bill passed by the state Senate that would ban discharge of irradiated water into the Hudson River. The local Albany Times Union reported… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Round up: SONGS decommissioning progress; Machin/Risch nuke export bill; DeSantis wants dump says Trump; more
Southern California Edison (SCE) is in the final stages of dismantling the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s (SONGS) reactor and a campaign to remove greater than Class C low-level waste from the shuttered plant is about 75% complete, Vince Bilovsky, … SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Correction and Clarification
The story “Disposal pros critique low-level waste compact system, license reciprocity at conference,” [RadWaste Monitor Vol. 16 No. 23] should have attributed certain price swings for radioactive waste disposal services to license reciprocity policies of individual… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]