Vol. 9, No. 7

Budget & Policy

Source: Conaway Bill a Nonstarter

Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 2/12/2016 Legislation that would allow the Department of Energy to spend annual interest from the $34 billion Nuclear Waste Fund on the storage of U.S. spent nuclear waste is likely a nonstarter, an inside source told RadWaste Monitor this week. According to a GOP aide, who requested anonymity, the House Energy […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Burns: NRC Funding Ready for WCS

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 2/12/2016 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Stephen Burns said Wednesday the agency in its fiscal 2017 budget request is preparing for one license application for interim storage of nuclear waste, and regulators are prepared to shift appropriated funds if needed. Burns, who appeared with his fellow commissioners for a budget hearing before […]

  • International

    Despite Objections, Oman Ama Still On Table for Aussie Waste

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 2/12/2016 Despite objections from the state’s environmental agency, Oman Ama in Queensland, Australia, remains on the federal government’s shortlist of six as the country looks to develop its first permanent storage site for low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste. Queensland Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham has asked federal Resources Minister […]

  • International

    Council: Bradwell Doesn’t Need Environmental Assessment

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 2/12/2016 The Essex County Council has decided that an application to store nuclear waste along the coast at the Bradwell Power Station in the United Kingdom does not warrant a formal environmental impact assessment. In a Feb. 2 memorandum, the Essex County environmental planning office said the application submitted by plant […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Federal Court Dismisses Vermont Yankee Challenge

    Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 2/12/2016 A federal appeals court said this week’s it’s too soon to hear the state of Vermont’s challenge against federal regulators concerning use of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant’s decommissioning trust fund. In a decision filed Monday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Vermont’s petition, essentially saying the state […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    USACE Releases FY 17 Details For FUSRAP Sites

    The Army Corps of Engineers’ is requesting $103 million for its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) in fiscal 2017. FUSRAP was initiated in 1974 to identify, investigate, and clean up or control sites contaminated from the nation’s early atomic weapons and energy programs during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The program includes 20 […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wrap Up

    IN THE U.S. Representatives the deep borehole nuclear waste storage demonstration project in North Dakota will host an informational meeting on the controversial plan on Feb. 15 in the city of Rugby. Officials from the Department of Energy and representatives from the contract team, a partnership between Battelle and the University of North Dakota Energy […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Corrections

    RW Monitor 2/12/2016 An article in the Feb. 9 edition of RW Monitor cited an incorrect amount proposed to be spent in fiscal 2017 for the Department of Energy’s nuclear waste management operations. RadWaste Monitor regrets the error.

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