Vol. 16, No. 30 
Senate NDAA passes, has nuclear policy reform, uranium purchase requirement
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Budget & Policy
Senate committee’s version of NRC budget has university grants, reports on telework, advanced reactors
Using leftover appropriations, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s budget for fiscal year 2024 would be essentially what the agency requested, if a proposal approved last week by Senate appropriators becomes law. An energy and water appropriations bill passed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Massachusetts blocks wastewater discharges from Pilgrim
Massachusetts on Monday forbade Holtec International from discharging irradiated wastewater into Cape Cod Bay from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, but the company could still get a federal permit to do so. The state Department of Environmental Protection published… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
EnergySolutions is stalking horse bidder for bankrupt construction outfit
EnergySolutions, Salt Lake City, will acquire bankrupt construction company Williams Industrial Services Group, Atlanta, for about $60 million, the Utah-based company said Monday in a press release. Williams has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate staffer to be chief of staff at DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
Senate staffer Rory Stanley on Monday will become chief of staff of the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, the agency confirmed Thursday. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVa.) announced Stanley’s departure from Congress Thursday on the Senate floor during… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
DOE wants to build big clean-energy plants at its nuclear sites
WASHINGTON —Department of Energy properties used for nuclear weapons work could soon be tapped for development of new carbon-free energy under an effort unveiled Friday in Washington by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. The program, dubbed DOE’s Cleanup… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Round up: New head of NRC investigations; tritium near the Mississippi; German waste repository search
Thomas Ashley will take over as the permanent director of the office of investigations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 30, the agency announced this week. Ashley had been the acting director of the office since February, when Tracy Higgs, the previous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]