Vol. 17, No. 7 
Now ‘not the time’ to talk to states about consenting to spent fuel storage, DOE waste chief says
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Ex-NRC engineer tells Calif. State government Diablo Canyon Unit 1 is safe
The Unit 1 reactor vessel in California’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant should not be too brittle to operate for the five-year life extension the state has proposed for the plant, a consultant reported to a state agency. The Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
House in no hurry to pass Ukraine aid bill with billions for U.S. uraium
The House of Representatives was in no rush this week to consider a Ukraine aid package that also provides billions to jumpstart a domestic uranium enrichment industry, the Speaker of the House said. “We are not going to be forced into action by the Senate,”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
California Dems refile ‘100 Year Canister Act’ for nuclear waste
Reps. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) and Mike Levin (D-Calif.) again filed a bill that would require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to certify that storage casks for nuclear waste “can safely operate” for at least 100 years. The bill, filed Jan. 31, is becoming… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Former FirstEnergy execs indicted in ongoing fallout from 2019 bribery scandal
By John Stang An Ohio grand jury returned numerous indictments Friday against two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives — including ousted CEO Charles “Chuck” Jones — plus the disgraced former head of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. This is the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Round up: U.K. locals say NIMBY to repository; Xcel files to expand Prairie Island fuel storage; Diablo Canyon decom panel open call; more
The head of a local government in the United Kingdom said she will not support a deep geologic disposal facility for nuclear waste, the BBC reported this week. Anne Handley, leader of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said she does not want to talk to the U.K.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! […]