Vol. 9, No. 15

Cleanup & Remediation

Missouri Still Needs More Data on West Lake Samples

It remains unclear if there are human health concerns associated with radioactive material the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has identified on private property near the West Lake Landfill. In its final report on the matter, issued April 1, the department said additional investigation is needed on at least two soil samples that recorded radioactivity […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Sen. Boxer Criticizes NRC on Fukushima Lessons

    Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on Wednesday charged that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not done enough to improve American nuclear power plants while implementing lessons learned from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi facility disaster in Japan. During a hearing on the commission’s fiscal 2017 budget plan, Boxer listed a […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Rep. Issa Wants DOE Waste Storage Meeting in SoCal

    U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Tuesday urged the Department of Energy to schedule a public nuclear waste storage meeting in his Southern California district, which encompasses the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The department in January held the first of several public meetings scheduled this year for its consent-based siting effort on […]

  • Decommissioning

    Oswego County, FitzPatrick Nearing Tax Agreement

    The Oswego County Legislature is nearing a settlement with the owner of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant that would halve the company’s tax obligations within the country in coming years. Under the proposed settlement, if FitzPatrick closes and begins decommissioning in 2017 as scheduled, operator Entergy would fork over $27.5 million in declining tax […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Federal Court Awards Entergy Additional Fuel Storage Damages

    A subsidiary of power provider Entergy, System Fuels Inc., is entitled to about $6.6 million from the federal government stemming from the cost to load spent nuclear fuel into storage casks at the Grand Gulf, Miss., and Arkansas Nuclear One power plants, a federal court ruled Monday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    NRC Conducts Second Performance Inspection at Pilgrim

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday began its second round of inspections at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station associated with increased oversight at the Massachusetts plant. The commission downgraded Pilgrim’s safety rating in September after a series of unplanned shutdowns and safety relief valve issues, moving the plant into Column 4 of the NRC Action […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    Wrap Up: Gov. Walker Approves Lifting Wisconsin Nuclear Ban

    U.S. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on April 1 signed legislation lifting the state’s 33-year ban on building new nuclear power plants. The state Senate, in a 23-9 vote, approved Rep. Kevin Petersen’s (R-Waupaca) legislation in December. Wisconsin previously prohibited construction of new plants on the basis that the federal government has not established a capable national […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Correction

    An article in the April 1 edition of RadWaste Monitor mischaracterized work involved with the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed isolation barrier at the West Lake Landfill. Installation of a non-combustible cover is a separate effort.

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