Vol. 17, No. 40 
NRC final decommissioning rule might take until February or later
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Enviros seek full-court rehearing of case affirming NRC authority to license spent fuel storage
Environmental groups want an appeals court to rehear a case that affirmed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s authority to license commercial consolidation and storage of spent nuclear fuel. The groups led by Beyond Nuclear last week filed for a rehearing en… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Palisades restart will generate 30k+ cubic feet of solid low-level waste, Holtec estimates
Restarting the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Michigan will create some 33,000 cubic feet of solid, low-level radioactive waste, Holtec International said in a regulatory filing published this week. That would be a very small fraction, only 3% or so, of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
DOE’s $900M funding infusion for small reactors includes offer to help with exportability
The Department of Energy’s $900-million solicitation for proposals to deploy small light-water reactors includes an “opportunity” for nuclear security aid that, the agency said, could make the reactors more exportable. DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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International
Round up: Google and Kairos; Amazon and X-energy; China making glass; more
Internet search giant Google signed an agreement to purchase electricity from future small modular reactors made by Kairos Power, the company announced this week in a statement posted online. “The initial phase of work is intended to bring Kairos Power’s first… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]