Vol. 17, No. 18 
Court will let Diablo Canyon relicensing continue at NRC, thwarting enviros
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Senate committee easily confirms Hanson for five more years on NRC; floor vote next
The Senate Environment and Public Works committee on Wednesday morning approved Christopher Hanson’s nomination for five more years on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee voted 18-1 to approve Hanson, the current chairman of the NRC, and send his… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
Old Oak Ridge Lab reactor vessel hauled off to Utah
Workers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have shipped the old reactor vessel from the Low Intensity Test Reactor, also known as Building 3005, to Utah for disposal, the agency said this week. Crews loaded the 37,600-pound,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Senate passes ban on Russian uranium; bill goes to White House
On Tuesday, the Senate voted unanimously to ban imports of Russian uranium by 2028, setting the stage to wean U.S. power plants off the imported fuel this decade. The Senate approved a bill that the House passed in December and which would make Russian uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Oneid joins EnergySolutions from Holtec
Pierre Oneid, formerly with Holtec International, joined EnergySolutions as vice president of business development, the Salt Lake City company said this week. “Pierre’s focus will be to support the development of our new offerings in the nuclear services arena,”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Round up: Huff out; Vogtle on; New Holtec division; more
Friday was to be Kathryn Huff’s last day on the job as the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy. Huff, who has led the office since 2022 and joined DOE in 2021, planned to return to academia, she wrote last month in a farewell email… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You […]