Vol. 17, No. 29

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Industry group files in SCOTUS interim storage; no ‘major question;’ expectations shattered

Congress need not authorize every interim storage site for nuclear waste and an appeals court’s decision that it must destroyed long-held expectations, a nuclear-industry trade group said last week in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court. A 2023 ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that outlawed commercial interim storage licensed by […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Restart Yucca license, says conservative policy blueprint for possible Trump second

    A conservative policy document written in part by former advisors to former President Donald Trump (R) recommends restarting federal licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository in Nye County, Nev. The 900-plus-page Project 2025 Mandate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • International

    Ignace is willing host community for Canadian nuclear waste repository, township says

    The Township of Ignace last week formally told the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization that it is a willing host community for a nuclear waste repository for which the agency planned to select a site this year. The township in Ontario, the province where… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]

  • Budget & Policy

    New Mexico Democrat’s amendment would keep Justice40 funding

    Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) wants to amend the House Appropriations Committee’s 2025 energy and water bill to strip out a GOP provision to zero-fund the Department of Energy’s Justice40 Initiative. Stansbury, whose district includes Albuquerque, filed an… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    AtkinsRéalis promotes COO to acting president

    AtkinsRéalis US Nuclear is promoting its chief operating officer Joe McBrearty to acting president, succeeding Jim Rugg, who will become a senior vice president concentrating on new builds, the company announced Thursday. McBrearty has been chief operations officer… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Exchange Monitor 2024 U.S. election digest

    Editor’s note: the election digest tracks lawmakers whose constituencies include civilian nuclear reactors that are being decommissioned. Most lawmakers with big nuclear constituencies look, as usual, safe to win reelection this November. However, a few are retiring… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Decommissioning

    Round up: Partial site release at Clinton; BWXT TRISO in Wyo.?; Framatome Inc. CEO; more

    The NRC is considering a request from Constellation Energy Generation, LLC to approve the release of 172.2 acres of land to DeWitt County, Illinois for a new marina, according to a regulatory filing posted online.  A previous licensee for Clinton Power Station,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

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