Vol. 16, No. 47 
Capito urges passage of her nuclear reforms as House passes its own
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Budget & Policy
Two nuclear-energy reform bills sent to House floor
A House committee this week sent two nuclear energy bills to the floor, one with workplace reforms for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and another to encourage domestic production of uranium fuel. The first bill approved Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Orano slices and dices Crystal River Unit 3 reactor; packs up GTCC for onsite storage
In October, Orano USA finished cutting up and packaging the vessel for the Unit 3 reactor of the shuttered Crystal River Nuclear Plant in Florida, the company announced this week. Orano USA, the Bethesda, Md.-based U.S. arm of the French nuclear company, announced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Holtec planning to build two small reactors at Palisades site
Holtec International on Monday announced it plans to file construction permits in 2026 to build a pair of small modular reactors at the site of the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, which the company hopes to restart in 2025. Notionally to be commissioned… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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International
U.S. part of international pledge to triple global nuclear energy output by 2050
The U.S. and 21 other countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai on Saturday agreed to work together on “tripling nuclear energy capacity globally by 2050,” according to a Department of Energy press release. Among other things, including… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
DOE opens applications for nuclear energy grants at universities
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has put $7 million in funding up for grabs for nuclear energy programs at U.S. universities, the agency announced this week. The University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization grant will account… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Former Ohio utilities regulator pleads not guilty to nuke-related bribery; faces 20 years
By John Stang The former head of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio pleaded not guilty on Monday to bribery and embezzlement in the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati in a case related to two financially struggling nuclear power plants in that state, a court… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]