Nuclear policy reforms stripped from NDAA; Capito vows to continue fight
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Cortez Masto lone voice on waste in hearing on advanced reactors
In a hearing Thursday, Nevada’s senior U.S. Senator probed the director of the Idaho National Laboratory for ideas about nuclear waste policies for advanced reactors. In written testimony for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s hearing about… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Pilgrim decom delay won’t run up the bills, Holtec rep tells state citizens group
Delaying the partial release of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by four years will not increase the cost of decommissioning the shuttered plant, a representative of Holtec International said this week. Holtec in October disclosed that Pilgrim’s partial release… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Enviros file another federal Diablo Canyon lawsuit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission illegally rejected a request for a hearing about the Unit 1 reactor vessel at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, environmental groups said this week in a new lawsuit. Friends of the Earth and Mothers for Peace filed their lawsuit,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE releases solicitation for HALEU deconversion contract
The Department of Energy on Tuesday solicited bids for a potentially decade-long contract to convert high assay low-enriched uranium into forms suitable for powering new nuclear reactors. The High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Deconversion Acquisition will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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International
Round up: Staff departure on Senate ENR; New gig for Pilgrim citizens panel member; Russian nuclear ship dismantled; more
Sarah Stevenson, a staffer on the Senate energy and Natural Resources Committee, is leaving Congress for a job with the Air Force, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday during a committee hearing. Stevenson, an American Nuclear Society congressional fellow,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]