Vol. 17, No. 41 
Supreme Court case on commercial spent fuel to linger into new year
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International
Canadian municipality began voting this week about hosting radioactive waste
Residents of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, began voting this week about whether they wish to host a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. Voting began Oct. 22 and was to run through Oct. 28, according to the municipality’s website. The seven-member South… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
NextEra still mulling Duane Arnold restart
NextEra Energy is still considering, but not committed to, restarting Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, which shut down in 2020, the head of the company told investors Tuesday. “We are currently evaluating the recommissioning of our Duane Arnold nuclear plant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
NJ high court will not review state’s request to make Holtec return economic development funds
An attempt to wrench back $260 million in aid from Holtec International effectively ended last week when New Jersey’s Supreme Court declined to hear a state appeal of the company’s successful lawsuit. In an order dated Oct. 15, filed Oct. 18 and distributed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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International
Amid global surge in nuclear power interest, Jenkins says IAEA needs funds
“Funding needs to happen” for the International Atomic Energy Agency, the State Department’s undersecretary for arms control said Tuesday at a think-tank event about nuclear power. “People hear the word energy, I mean nuclear, and they kind of run. A lot… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Cutlip to leave Centrus
Larry Cutlip, Centrus Energy Corp.’s senior vice president of field operations, last week said he would retire from the company in July, according to a Friday regulatory filing. Cutlip gave his notice on Oct. 16, according to a form 8-K Centrus, Bethesda, Md.,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
House committee asks for investigation of domestic competition to Russian non-fuel isotopes
In a letter Monday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate how the Department of Energy can displace imports of Russian isotopes. “[T]he United States still relies on obtaining several materials and commercially… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Round up: Brown down on Yucca; SONGS district looks blue; U.K. cleanup inefficient
The Republican candidate for Nevada’s contested U.S. Senate Seat, Sam Brown, said the magic words again during a debate with incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). “Yucca Mountain is dead.” Brown, who found himself on the wrong side of the politically charged… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]