Vol. 9, No. 11 
WCS Partner: Conaway Bill Will Be Hard to Ignore
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Responds to Criticism of Fukushima Response
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Stephen Burns responded Tuesday to a report criticizing the agency’s post-Fukushima Daiichi disaster initiatives, arguing that American plants are safer now than they were when the Japanese nuclear accident occurred in March… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Feinstein Asks Moniz to Move Forward With Interim Storage
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) urged Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Wednesday to move forward with interim storage of nuclear waste, with or without congressional action. According to her, Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials have testified… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Commissioners Address Yucca at RIC
Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner William Ostendorff said Tuesday that he’s disappointed the U.S. still does not have a permanent repository for nuclear waste. While speaking at the NRC’s annual Nuclear Regulatory Information Conference in Bethesda, Md., Ostendorff… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Supports Multiple Interim Spent Fuel Sites
PHOENIX — The Department of Energy supports the construction and operation of more than one consolidated interim spent nuclear reactor fuel storage site, a senior DOE official said this week. “From our perspective, having more than one interim storage facility… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
NRC Officials Weigh Decommissioning Rulemaking
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission manager said Thursday that the regulatory exemption process for decommissioning power plants doesn’t deprive the public of any “awareness,” though the agency wants to remove the need for such exemptions in its 2019 decommissioning… 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
Wrap Up: NRC Commissioner Baran Says Storage Rule About Safety
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jeff Baran said Wednesday that the agency’s continued storage rule is not an endorsement for indefinite storage of on-site nuclear waste but rather an attempt to ensure that storage is done safely. Last month, the NRC defended… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]