Vol. 17, No. 36 
Interim storage consortia progress report due in December, DOE official says
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Constellation says it will restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 this decade
Constellation on Friday announced it plans to restart the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor in Londonderry Township, Pa., by 2028 and extend its operating license through “at least” 2054. Constellation announced the plan in a press release, in which it also said it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft Corp., […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE, ex-Yankee operators have until January to finalize settlement in latest spent fuel suit
A federal judge last week gave the Department of Energy and the former operators of three shuttered New England Power Plants until January to settle their differences in a lawsuit of the agency’s latest failure to take custody of the plants’ spent fuel. On Friday, at the request of both parties, a request the Yankee […]
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International
Deputy energy secretary says ‘huge strides’ for U.S. in civil nuclear
The U.S. made “huge strides” reinvigorating its civil nuclear industry, the deputy energy secretary said Monday at the International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. “The U.S. civil nuclear industry is providing products and services to partner with countries to achieve their civil nuclear goals, while incorporating effective and efficient nuclear security, safety, and safeguards early […]
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Budget & Policy
Johnson’s six-month CR fails again; shutdown in seven working days
WASHINGTON — After lurching back to the House floor Wednesday, the House speaker’s six-month continuing resolution again failed to rally enough support to pass the chamber. The bill went down 202-220, with 14 Republican holdouts, two Republicans voting present and three Democratic supporters. It was mostly clean for the Department of Energy, aside from an […]