Vol. 9, No. 40

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Yucca Mountain, Interim Storage Must Move Together: New NEI CEO

Progress must be made on both Yucca Mountain licensing and consolidated interim storage in order for the U.S. to reach a permanent solution for nuclear waste management and disposal, incoming Nuclear Energy Institute President and CEO Maria Korsnick said Friday. “I… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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    New Mexico Town Emerges as Potential Borehole Site

    A location near Nara Visa, N.M., is in the running with a handful of other sites for the Energy Department’s deep borehole nuclear waste storage field test. A group led by Georgia-based Enercon Federal Services, Inc. and DOSECC Exploration Services presented… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

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    S.C. Group Reaching Out to Utilities on Storage Plan

    A venture capitalist behind new plans for interim spent nuclear fuel storage and reprocessing in South Carolina said Wednesday he is reaching out to state utilities to further develop the concept. Mike Stake, who is leading the Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Group,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Public Citizen Wants FERC to Reject Application for FitzPatrick Deal

    Consumer rights group Public Citizen is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject Entergy’s application to sell its James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant to fellow power provider Exelon, arguing that the utilities failed to address the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

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    Watchdog Slams NRC Over Pilgrim Vents

    A watchdog group fired back at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff on Tuesday, saying it would be wrong for the regulator to deny a hearing over potentially relaxing post-Fukushima safety rules at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. NRC’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC to Review Concrete Degradation Plan at Seabrook

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday accepted NextEra Energy Resources’ license amendment request as the company addresses concrete degradation issues, known as alkali-silica reaction (ASR), that have long plagued the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]

  • International

    U.K. Nuclear Deterrent Contractor Moves to Improve Waste Management

    The United Kingdom’s Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) as of Wednesday has complied with a 2015 regulatory demand that it improve management of higher-active radioactive waste at its Aldermaston site in Berkshire. The U.K. Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Wrap-Up: NRC Can Improve LLRW Document Access: IG

    U.S. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Inspector General’s Office said in a new report the agency has an opportunity to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) oversight program through centralizing regulatory guidance… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

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