Vol. 16, No. 34 
Continuing resolution would take nuclear-energy budget boost off table; defense bill stalemate stalls nuke-policy reforms
-
Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC staff recommend tossing environmentalists’ contention of Diablo Canyon fuel facility
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission board should toss an environmentalist group’s effort to block a license extension for Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s spent fuel storage facility, commission staff recommended Sept. 5. The group, San Luis Obsipo Mothers for Peace,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
-
Budget & Policy
A week after notional deadline, round two awardees for civilian nuclear credit program unknown
The Department of Energy did not make an Aug. 29 target to announce the winner, or winners, of the second round of a federal bailouts to buoy financially ailing nuclear power plants. “DOE has not yet made any announcements around Award Cycle 2,” a spokesperson… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]
-
Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus says it will make HALEU in October
Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., said Wednesday it will begin enriching energy-dense uranium fuel at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site near Piketon, Ohio, in October. Centrus is in the prove-it phase of a contract, awarded in 2022 and worth up to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
-
Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Round up: 20 mores years of Virgil?; Nuke operator interested in DOE Hanford land; Orano’s [literal] case for HALEU
Dominion Energy South Carolina applied with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the life of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station’s Unit 1 nuclear reactor for another 20 years, to Aug. 6, 2062. The commission posted the plant operator’s application… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
-
Budget & Policy
Former EnergySec Richardson dies at 75
Bill Richardson, a secretary of energy during the Bill Clinton administration who at various points of his career was a Democratic congressman and New Mexico governor, and became something of a specialist in international hostage negotiation, died Sept. 1 at age… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]