Vol. 17, No. 4 
As NRC veers toward Republican control, media report former commissioner Baran will not be renominated
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
In public meeting, compliance exec pries NRC about rationale for proposed GTCC, low-level waste rule
Industry will wait at least until May before seeing the rationale Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff used to justify parts of a coming rule to expand disposal options for Greater-Than-Class-C radioactive waste, officials said Tuesday in an online public meeting. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
NRC begins environmental review of Diablo Canyon life extension; seeks public comment
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission started an environmental review of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s plan to keep California’s last nuclear power plant open until 2030, the agency announced Wednesday. The commission plans an online public meeting about the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
After years of back-and-forth, final filings made in case against Holtec interim storage
The federal government, Holtec International and a coalition of mining and environmental groups this week filed final briefs in another big federal lawsuit over the company’s proposed spent nuclear fuel storage site in New Mexico. Not yet scheduled for oral arguments,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Dueling interim storage plans among very long list of budget disagreements awaiting resolution in Congress
Among the many differences the House and Senate must settle before they can pass a permanent 2024 federal budget are competing policies about interim storage of spent nuclear fuel. Senate appropriators want to change the law to let the Department of Energy build… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Holtec’s defamation argument in ex-employee’s lawsuit delayed until February
Representatives of Holtec International and its ex-chief financial officer will not see each other in court until February because the former employee’s lawyer had a conflict, according to a filing last week in a New Jersey court. Kevin O’Rourke sued Holtec,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
Round up: U.K. repository site?; INL dissecting next-gen fuel rods; Oak Ridge nuclear battery
The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Waste Services identified South Holderness, in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire in east-central England between the Humber River and North Sea coast, as a candidate host community for a deep geologic disposal facility for nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]