Vol. 17, No. 22 
Nuclear policy reforms navigating Senate gridlock
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
White House hosts summit on domestic nuclear power; creates new nuclear working group
President Joe Biden’s (D) administration on Wednesday hosted what it called a White House Summit on Domestic Nuclear Deployment and announced it would create a federal working group to promote domestic nuclear technology. The closed-door summit included attendees from government and industry. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission posted a photo from the summit on the website X. […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
State law restricting radiation discharge into river does not violate Atomic Energy Act, NY says
The State of New York wants a federal court to affirm and recognize the state’s claim that it can regulate discharge of irradiated wastewater into the Hudson River. Attorneys for the Empire State made the request last week in a response to a lawsuit filed in April by Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., which is decommissioning the […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Holtec announces slate of promotions, led by Trice as president
Nuclear services and decommissioning provider Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., promoted Kelly Trice to president, one of five promotions from within announced this week. Trice takes the title of president from Holtec International founder and chief executive officer Krishna Singh, who remains CEO and chair of the company’s advisory board. Trice, who has been with Holtec […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No waste at Yucca, says front runner for GOP nomination to oppose Rosen in Senate race
In a shift, Sam Brown, who seeks the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), on Saturday said he opposed storing radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain. Yucca Mountain “should not, and will not, be revived as a nuclear waste repository,” reads a post dated May 25 on Brown’s account at the website X. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Adams appointed North Wind Services president
Idaho-based North Wind Group said Tuesday it appointed Paul Adams president of its North Wind Services company. Adams, who started his role as president on Tuesday, will lead business development and strategic initiatives, North Wind said in a Tuesday press release. Adams is a Marine Corps veteran with more than 25 years of commercial and government […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Round up: ExchangeMonitor’s RadWaste summit next week; Korean repository bill dies; Palisades open house; NRC CIO
The Exchange Monitor was set to host its 18th annual RadWaste Summit in Louisville, Ky., June 3-5 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. The agenda for the yearly gathering of government and industry professionals features speakers from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, Office of Nuclear Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration. The […]