Vol. 9, No. 46 
Exelon Lauds Passage of Illinois Nuclear Subsidies
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Interim Storage Key Challenge: NRC to Obama
Providing effective oversight for safe and secure interim storage of high-level radioactive waste until a permanent repository is operational will be a key challenge for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency said in a report to President Barack Obama, which was released publicly Wednesday. The agency’s Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2016 also […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Begins Latest Pilgrim Oversight Inspection
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday began its third and final increased oversight inspection at the troubled Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. In a conference call Monday with reporters, agency managers leading the inspection said there are no immediate safety concerns at the plant, but that the team of about 20 NRC officials will […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EPA Delays Remedy Proposal at West Lake
The Environmental Protection Agency said last week it is extending the schedule for proposing a final soil cleanup remedy at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Missouri, without offering a new date. The agency, which had originally expected to deliver a final remedy by the end of this year, cited delays in submission of […]
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International
Europe Completes Chernobyl Arch, Seals Off Reactor 4
Europe on Tuesday celebrated sealing off the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s destroyed Reactor 4 with a giant metal arch, as authorities look to secure the Ukrainian site in an environmentally stable condition by November 2017. According to Tuesday’s announcement from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which managed funds for the 1.5 billion-euro ($1.6 […]
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Decommissioning
Team to Research ITER Fusion Device Decommissioning
Global engineering company Amec Foster Wheeler said Tuesday it will lead a team of firms that will study the optimum means for decommissioning the ITER fusion device now being built in southern France. The yearlong project will encompass “a concept-level study of the duration, sequencing and cost for dismantling the ITER machine, once it comes to the […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap-Up: GOP Elects Walden to Chair House E&C
U.S. Republicans on Thursday elected Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) as the next chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Walden ran against committee member Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), who has been a proponent of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste geologic repository in Nevada, and former committee chairman Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas). Outgoing Chairman Fred […]