Vol. 16, No. 4 
Despite GOP majority in House, NE-8 Petry speculates no appetite for restarting Yucca
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Private companies ‘welcome’ to bid for DOE interim storage funding, NE-8 Petry says
ARLINGTON, VA. — The two companies aiming to build privately-owned interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel should apply for financial aid under a multi-million-dollar Department of Energy program, a senior agency official said here this week at a conference. Holtec… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
NRC cans utility request to resume work on withdrawn Diablo Canyon license renewal; considering regulatory exemption
California’s last nuclear power plant must start its federal relicensing process anew, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week, derailing its operator’s plan to put huge chunks of bailout money to quick work via a regulatory shortcut. In 2022, Diablo… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
D.C. appeals court tosses enviros’ interim storage lawsuit against NRC; enviros vow to return
A federal court this week dismissed a 2021 lawsuit by a coalition of environmental and mining groups who tried to block the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s license of a proposed private storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Decision on Holtec interim storage license delayed to at least March, NRC says
ARLINGTON, VA. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs another month to review Holtec International’s application for a proposed consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, an agency official said here this week. NRC is “in the process”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE adds funding to interim storage program; plans to double number of awards
The Department of Energy’s ongoing funding opportunity for communities interested in hosting a federal interim storage facility got a little larger this week after the agency announced it would tack on roughly $10 million in additional funding for the program. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Bill aimed at blocking New Mexico interim storage clears state conservation panel
A bill aimed at preventing a private company from building a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico without prior state approval cleared this week its first legislative hurdle in Santa Fe. The measure, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
Palisades restart would run afoul of DOE nuclear plant bailout rules, enviros tell Granholm
The Department of Energy cannot sign off on a decommissioning company’s gambit to restart a shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant, a coalition of anti-nuclear groups told the Secretary of Energy in a letter this week. Holtec International’s proposed bid on… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
OP-ED: 25th Year Anniversary of Failure & Opportunity
By Lake Barrett Lake Barrett is a former Department of Energy official who served as both principal deputy director and acting director of the Office of Civilian Nuclear Waste Management, where he helped implement the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act. Before that,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap-up: Capito needles NRC on telework; Canadian ministers tour repository tech facility; Orano Federal Services president tapped for NIC board
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Before we head off into the last weekend in January, here are some other stories that RadWaste Monitor was tracking from across the civilian nuclear power space this week. The ranking member of the Senate Energy and Public Works Committee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]