Vol. 16, No. 5 
First interim storage funding awards by summer, DOE says
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Decommissioning
Nuke credit applications to open by March, DOE says
Nuclear power plant operators looking to take advantage of a federal bailout scheme may have to wait a bit longer to apply for the program’s second funding round, according to a Department of Energy spokesperson. DOE expects to release “application guidance”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Texas fighting to keep interim storage suit alive
Texas is fighting to keep its lawsuit against commercial interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state from getting tossed on a technicality, as a similar suit was last week, a court filing shows. The state on Friday argued that a site proposed in Andrews… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must […]
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Decommissioning
Holtec to submit permit modification request for Pilgrim water discharge in Q1 ‘23; no releases meantime
The company in charge of decommissioning a shuttered Massachusetts nuclear power plant affirmed this week that it would not discharge radioactive water from the facility until it gets a required federal permits modification later this year. Holtec International… 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
Pfluger, from interim storage district, joins House energy panel
The congressman representing a west Texas community that could one day play host to an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel nabbed an assignment on the House’s primary nuclear-waste policy committee. Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), who represents the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC awaiting admin guidance on COVID emergency wind-down
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is waiting for more information before it assesses the potential impacts of the White House’s announcement this week that the three-year-old COVID-19 national emergency declaration would end this summer, a spokesperson said this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Wrap-up: S-2 Turk talks up nuke credits with key Senate energy panel; Hawley joins Senate ENR; GE Hitachi inks first contract for commercial SMR
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Your RadWaste Monitor reporter headed up to his Bethlehem, Pa., field office and only just now found out about the upcoming arctic wind chill. Before we head off into the freezing weekend, though, here are some other stories we were… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]