Vol. 1, No. 20

Budget & Policy

Senate Passes E&W Appropriations Bill

The Senate on Thursday at last united to pass a fiscal 2017 spending bill with $31 billion for the Department of Energy, but the House cannot even begin floor votes on its own backlog of spending bills until Monday because Congress still has not agreed on overall… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You […]
  • Commercial Decommissioning

    California Reopens SONGS Settlement Case

    The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced Monday that it is reopening the settlement case that resulted in state ratepayers shouldering $3.3 billion of the $4.7 billion cost to prematurely shut down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    DOE Maintains Yucca is Unworkable

    The Department of Energy on Monday said the national nuclear waste repository planned at Yucca Mountain in Nevada remains unworkable, despite the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s finding last week that the facility would have a “small” impact on local groundwater. Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • International

    Pursue Int’l Nuclear Waste Plan ASAP, Aussie Commission Says

    Australia’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission on Monday recommended that South Australia aggressively pursue international nuclear waste disposal agreements estimated to deliver more than AUS $100 billion in state profit. The commission released its final recommendation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    Kurion Has Big Opportunities, Big Responsibilities Under New Owner: Raymont

    Nuclear waste management technology developer (and procurer) Kurion has been given the proverbial keys to the kingdom in being bought by French multinational Veolia – access to the resources of a far larger organization with a global scope. Now it must prove… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    NorthStar to Enhance Moly-99 Production System in Missouri

    NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes said Wednesday it is upgrading its production operations at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), adding a new high-capacity filling line the company says will ultimately quadruple its dispensing capacity for the medical… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Decommissioning

    STURGIS Decommissioning Cost Spikes

    The cost to decommission and dismantle the STURGIS barge is estimated to grow from $34.6 million to $51.5 million, resulting in part from compatibility issues between a 440-ton crane and the surrounding dock, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up: Battelle ‘Eternally Optimistic’ on Borehole Project

    U.S. A representative for Battelle Memorial Institute said Thursday he is “eternally optimistic” the company will submit a zoning application to Spink County, N.D., for its proposed deep borehole nuclear wast storage field test. Battelle spokesman T.R.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

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