Vol. 16, No. 6 
NRC commissioner says Holtec must start ‘from scratch,’ to power up Palisades; Holtec disagrees
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Bill blocking Holtec interim storage site headed to state Senate vote in NM
A New Mexico state senator’s latest attempt to keep a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel out of the Land of Enchantment should soon see a floor vote, after clearing a second state senate committee this week. The measure, which proposes amending state law to ban the storage of spent nuclear fuel in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE seeking consent-based siting czar
The Department of Energy is looking for someone to directly oversee the agency’s efforts to find a willing host for a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, according to a press release this week. DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy is seeking “highly qualified candidates” to become director of the agency’s Office of Integrated […]
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Decommissioning
Workers at Pilgrim decom site exposed to ‘unplanned’ rad dose, NRC says in violation notice
A recent inspection at a shuttered Massachusetts nuclear power plant revealed that multiple contract workers at the site were inadvertently exposed to radiation during decommissioning work, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a letter to the company in charge of the facility. Holtec International, which is currently decommissioning Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, failed to “perform […]
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Decommissioning
PG&E seeking new members for Diablo Canyon decom panel
The company in charge of California’s last operating nuclear power plant is seeking new members for a stakeholders’ group focused on plant decommissioning activities. According to an application released by Diablo Canyon Power Plant operator Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), March 7 is the deadline for interested individuals living in the vicinity of the Avila […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
‘NIMBY opportunism’ hampering private interim storage progress, think tank says
The president of a New Mexico-based conservative nonprofit organization in a recent op-ed railed on what he called “ignorance and hysteria” among the opposition to two proposed interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel in the southwest U.S. “[S]tate and federal politicians, working with anti-nuclear agitators, have been fiercely resistant” to proposed consolidated interim storage […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Nuclear renaissance now or never: 30 minutes with Bradley Crowell, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
For Bradley Crowell, the phrase ‘corner office’ has taken on a double meaning in recent months. The newest commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission occupies an office near the top floor of the agency’s Rockville, Md., headquarters in a jarringly angular concrete building that tapers off into a near 45-degree angle along the front wall. […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Wrap-up: EIA says nuclear just 4% of ‘23 generation capacity; No damage to nuke plant construction site after Turkish quakes; Holtec throws in on fusion tech
Happy Friday, nuke-watchers. Although your RadWaste Monitor reporter is a Ravens fan on a good day, he’ll be cheering on the other birds at the big game this weekend. Before Super Bowl festivities get underway, though, here are some other stories we were tracking from across the civilian nuclear power space this week. The only […]