Vol. 17, No. 11 
Start of conceptual design work nearing for federal interim storage facility, official says
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Budget & Policy
Nuclear Energy budget would fall in 2025 under White House request
The White House this week requested a roughly 5.5% budget cut for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy for fiscal year 2025. The office, which handles the agency’s civilian nuclear energy and waste programs, would get just under $1.7 billion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Concern persists that NRC’s coming rule change could leave states holding bag on Greater-Than-Class-C waste
PHOENIX — Unwilling states could be forced to regulate Greater-Than-Class-C waste under a pending federal rule change, the head of an interest group for states that regulate low-level radioactive waste said here. States that took on responsibility for regulating… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
Euro repositories will normalize nuclear waste; advanced reactor waste ‘different,’ Nuclear Energy Agency head says
PHOENIX — Nuclear waste repositories planned in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland will help the public accept that nuclear power is safe, the head of the Nuclear Energy Agency said here Monday. “This is going to help everybody,” William Magwood, director-general… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
EnergySolutions acquires Cabrera Services
EnergySolutions, Salt Lake City, said Sunday it acquired Cabrera Services, East Hartford, Conn., a radioactive cleanup company that has contracts with the Department of Energy and the Army Corps of Engineers. EnergySolutions announced the news in a press release… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nuke waste review board tells DOE to take harder look at long term dry-cask storage
The U.S. Department of Energy needs to improve how it studies the long-term storage of commercial spent nuclear fuel, according to a February report to Congress and the secretary of energy by the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board The board performs independent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE spent-fuel head to speak at congressional spent fuel caucus meeting
PHOENIX — Paul Murray, deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition, was scheduled to speak to the congressional spent fuel caucus in Washington on March 20, the Department of Energy official said here Tuesday. “Please call your local representatives… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Round up: Diablo Canyon licensing board go; Ex-Nevada nuke agency official says kill Yucca even more; Ode to consent based siting
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission established an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Company’s application to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant’s two nuclear reactors, the agency said in a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]