Vol. 17, No. 02 
Jurisdiction, NRC ‘parade of horribles’ dominate oral arguments in Diablo Canyon lawsuit
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Baran’s nomination to NRC returned to the White House, resetting long road to confirmation
Jeffrey Baran’s nomination for five more years at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was sent back to the White House on Jan. 3, leaving President Joe Biden’s (D) administration with the choice of repeating a hard fight to get Baran through the Senate again… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Furstenau to step in as Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s top career civvy; Dorman to retire
Raymond Furstenau will temporarily become the Nuclear Regulatory Commission executive director on Jan. 27, when Daniel Dorman, the current director is set to retire, the commission announced Wednesday. Furstenau, who leads the NRC’s Office of Research, will act… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE solicits bids for big, mostly domestic, HALEU supply contract
The Department of Energy on Tuesday solicited bids for a contract under which it could acquire up to 145 metric tons of high assay low-enriched uranium to help commercialize nuclear reactors that need the fuel. Under the contract, only U.S.-based companies will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Congressional leaders agree on 2024 spending limit; still much work
Congressional leaders over the weekend announced they had reached a sort of agreement in principle to fund the federal government for the nine months that remain in fiscal year 2024. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Rep.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Round up: Holtec hopeful; NuScale layoffs; Aiken-area nuke friend joins Energy Communities Alliance; Canadian low-level waste; more
Holtec International holds out hope that it will receive a major chunk of change from the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office to help restart the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan by 2025, a spokesperson said Thursday. The company… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]