Vol. 17, No. 14 
Environmentalists sue to block DOE’s $1B Diablo Canyon bailout
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
After Texas case, Fifth Circuit also throws out Holtec license for New Mexico interim storage
A federal court late last week vacated Holtec International’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to store spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico. Holtec’s license, granted in May 2023, got caught up in a decision by the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may not license storage of commercial spent […]
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Budget & Policy
Former Ohio utilities official accused of more corruption
By John Stang A high-ranking Ohio official already indicted for corruption related to struggling nuclear reactors was involved in similar schemes in the Buckeye State, according to court documents filed Friday by the offices of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich. Sam Randazzo, the already-indicted former head of the Public Utilities […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
House Commerce panel plans hearing on nuclear spent fuel
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee plans a hearing next week on spent fuel management for the U.S. nuclear power plants. The hearing, dubbed “American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Spent Fuel Policy and Innovation,” is set for Wednesday April 10 at 10:30 a.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building, according to a press release. The session was […]
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Data Centers & Energy Demand
Round up: Huff at data center show; WSC acquired; Texas man in phony plant threat
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Katherine Huff was scheduled to give a keynote address at a data center conference scheduled for April 15 in Washington. Huff was to give a talk titled “Energizing Tomorrow: The Role of Nuclear in the Clean Energy Revolution” at the Association for Computer Operations Management’s Data Center World Show. The […]