Vol. 9, No. 27 
Don’t Change $4.7B SONGS Settlement: Edison
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Legislation Would Compensate Communities Left With Spent Nuclear Fuel
Bipartisan legislation introduced this week would require the federal government to compensate 13 communities around the nation that are left with spent nuclear reactor fuel in storage in the absence of a permanent solution. The funds would be at the amount set… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Reform Package Pushes California Commission to Prioritize SONGS Fuel Relocation
A package of legislative reforms for the California Public Utilities Commission calls for the regulatory body to prioritize relocation of spent nuclear fuel now stored at the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Gov. Jerry Brown and three state… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
La Crosse Plant Decommissioning Schedule Revised
An EnergySolutions subsidiary expects to complete decommissioning of the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor in Wisconsin in the first quarter of 2020, according to a revised plan submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC in May OK’d transfer of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
Canada Breaks Ground on Radioactive Waste Storage Facility
Canada’s Port Hope Area Initiative on Wednesday broke ground on the first of four above-ground storage cells that will ultimately hold 1.2 million cubic meters of legacy low-level radioactive waste for hundreds of years. The cell is expected to be completed toward… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Wrap Up: NRC Doubles Civil Penalty Cap for Atomic Energy Act Violations
U.S. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 1 said potential top civil penalties for violations of the 1954 Atomic Energy Act had been doubled from $140,000 to $280,469 per violation, as mandated under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]