Vol. 17, No. 30 
Biden to nominate nuclear engineer, Senate staffer, to fill last NRC vacancy
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Budget & Policy
House abandons planned vote on DOE’s 2025 budget bill
After hours of debate on more than 60 amendments this week, the House of Representatives canceled a planned vote on several 2025 appropriations bills, including the one that funds the Department of Energy. Media reported Wednesday that a fractious, razor-thin Republican… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
NRC could finish Palisades reviews by next summer, chair tells lawmakers in hearing
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs less than a year to finish regulatory approvals for restarting Michigan’s Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, the head of the agency said Tuesday. Plant owner Holtec International, Jupiter, Fla., “has submitted all… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Waste disposal, or reprocessing, should be next after ADVANCE Act, lawmaker says
The federal government should create a new strategy for disposing of spent nuclear fuel from power plants or recycling it, a Democratic congresswoman said in a hearing Tuesday. “We have to find a storage solution for nuclear waste that does not abandon the communities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Massachusetts finalizes decision to block wastewater discharges from Pilgrim
Holtec International may not dump wastewater from the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant into Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts said last week. The final decision to deny Holtec a state permit modification for the wastewater discharges had been simmering… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus gets limited waiver to continue Russian uranium imports
About two months after the U.S. made it illegal in most cases to import Russian uranium, Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., got a waiver to continue imports from the Federation in 2024 and 2025. The waiver, granted by the Department of Energy on July 18, allows… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Microreactor venture targeted by investment fund’s media shop
Nano Nuclear this week pushed back against a story by the publishing arm of a private equity company that said the New York-based advanced reactor developer’s stock was highly overvalued. “We’re not sure what we did to deserve any attention from these so-called… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]