Vol. 17, No. 12 
Secretary of energy hopeful for fast Russian uranium ban
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Still no Yucca, secretary of energy says, again, in budget hearing
No, the Secretary of Energy said this week during the first budget hearing of the 2025 fiscal year, the Department of Energy does not plan to fund a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. “I just want to ask you if you can quickly confirm on the record what… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Fifth Circuit will not give NRC another chance to prove commercial interim storage is legal
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will have to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if it wants another chance to prove that it can legally license commercial interim storage of spent nuclear fuel. According to an order dated March 14, judges of the Fifth Circuit voted 9-7, with one recused, not to rehear the NRC’s argument […]
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Budget & Policy
Minibus appropriations bill with Defense Department funds has Price-Anderson extension
A federal nuclear liability shield would be extended for 40 years and quadruple the value of federal indemnity for nuclear incidents outside the U.S. if a 2024 appropriations bill passed by the House Friday becomes law. The language in the appropriations package… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Work starts on DOE’s Fortis spent fuel rail car
Kasgro Rail, New Castle, Pa., started building part of a prototype heavy-duty rail car to transport spent nuclear fuel, the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy announced Monday. Fabrication of deck components for the prototype, eight-axle Fortis railcar… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former Veolia manager takes new job with Alpha
Michael Moulin-Ramsden, a former Veolia Nuclear Solutions manager, joined Alpha Safety last month as its director of business development for the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, according to a LinkedIn post. Moulin-Ramsden, who spent about eight years with… 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
Compromise ‘24 budget skips debate on consolidated interim storage consent
The Department of Energy’s final budget for fiscal year 2024 does not contain a federal ban on commercial interim storage sites to which states have not consented. A version of DOE’s 2024 budget bill that passed the House last year specified that none of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Round up: No NORM for TCQE, activist lawsuit claims; AUKUS waste debate
A Texas woman last week sued the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in federal court, alleging the commission illegally regulates naturally occurring radioactive material generated by oil and gas industries, according to a complaint filed March 13. Elizabeth… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]