Publications: Nuclear Energy & Radwaste Monitor
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Naval Nuclear PropulsionWrap Up: In the Industry
RW Monitor 6/13/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Perma-Fix Environmental Services has won a contract to provide waste treatment services for the Department of the Navy. The contract, worth approximately $9 million including option periods, calls for the transportation, treatment, and disposal of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) generated mixed wastes. Perma-Fix will utilize all four of […]
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- NRC Commissioner, Industry Officials Respond to Decom. Exemption Debate
- House Appropriators Seek to Breathe New Life into Yucca Mountain
- GAO: DOE Uranium Transfers May Have Been Done Illegally
- NRC Waste Confidence Rulemaking Still on Track, Commissioner Says
- Kurion Receives Contract for More Fukushima Water Treatment Work
- NWTRB Recommends Wider Scope in High Burnup Storage Study
- Wrap Up: In the Industry
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Reactor Licensing & RegulationSenate Republicans Want Action on Expiring NRC Commissioners’ Terms
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Senate Republicans called on the Obama Administration this week to move quickly to address two looming vacancies at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In the near-term, NRC Commissioner George Apostolakis’ term is set to expire at the end of this month, but the Administration so far has remained silent on […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Senate EPW Chair Attacks NRC Again on Decom. Exemptions
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) hounded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission again this week for granting exemptions to emergency preparedness and safety regulations at shutdown reactor sites. Boxer has been critical of NRC exemptions, especially for pending exemption requests from Southern California Edison for the San […]
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Interim Storage & Waste DisposalMississippi PSC Passes Resolution Against Nuke Waste Storage
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Mississippi Public Service Commission passed a resolution this week calling on the Department of Energy to stop considering the state for any high-level waste disposal. The resolution stems from comments made by Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Energy Peter Lyons that listed Mississippi as one of the potential […]
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InternationalTEPCO Begins Construction of ‘Ice Wall’ at Fukushima Site
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Tokyo Electric Power Company this week began the construction of an ‘ice wall’ at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station in an effort to help divert groundwater from the contaminated site. The ice wall is part of TEPCO’s larger plan that also includes a well pumping system to prevent […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Perma-Fix Subsidiary Adding Partners to Isotope Technology
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Perma-Fix Medical Corporation, a recently created subsidiary of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, is “rapidly” gaining more medical industry partners to help bolster its Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) technology, Perma-Fix CEO Lou Centofanti said in a presentation given at an energy conference held in Warsaw, Poland, this week. Perma-Fix formed the subsidiary in […]
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Contracts & ProcurementGMIS Acquisition of Manufacturing Sciences Almost Complete
Staff Reports RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Global Medical Isotope Systems is set to complete the acquisition of Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Manufacturing Sciences Corp from EnergySolutions by the end of this month, according to GMIS CEO Zane Wilson. Wilson said Global Medical Isotope Systems doesn’t plan to make any major changes to MSC, which he described as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel CycleHearing on USEC’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Delayed Again
Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 6/6/2014 A court hearing on USEC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has been postponed a third time, with the disclosure statement hearing now scheduled to take place July 7 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The hearing had been originally scheduled for April 21, then was rescheduled to […]
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International
Panel Schedules More Hearings for Proposed Canadian Repository
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Canadian Joint Review Panel responsible for evaluating Ontario Power Generation’s license request to build a deep geologic repository for low and intermediate waste in Kincardine, Ont. has scheduled a new set of public hearings for this fall to discuss information it has received in response to a request […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Army Seeking Disposal Site for DU Material
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Army has begun seeking a disposal site for depleted uranium-contaminated materials. This week, the Army Contracting Command-Rock Island issued a Sources Sought notice to help determine “the availability of contractors who have a licensed facility and are able to provide low level radiological waste.” Responses to the notice […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Looking at Uniform Waste Manifest Radionuclide Reporting
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/6/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun seeking public comment on a draft regulatory issue summary that addresses the reporting of radionuclides on the uniform waste manifest, according to a notice in the Federal Register this week. The NRC wants to identify instances where licensees use “indirect methods” to determine […]
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- Senate Republicans Want Action on Expiring NRC Commissioners’ Terms
- Senate EPW Chair Attacks NRC Again on Decom. Exemptions
- Mississippi PSC Passes Resolution Against Nuke Waste Storage
- TEPCO Begins Construction of ‘Ice Wall’ at Fukushima Site
- Perma-Fix Subsidiary Adding Partners to Isotope Technology
- GMIS Acquisition of Manufacturing Sciences Almost Complete
- Hearing on USEC’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Delayed Again
- Panel Schedules More Hearings for Proposed Canadian Repository
- Army Seeking Disposal Site for DU Material
- NRC Looking at Uniform Waste Manifest Radionuclide Reporting
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- NRC Decides Against Expedited Transfer of SNF to Dry Casks
- Wrap Up: In NRC
- BPC Names Advisory Council for New Nuke Waste Initiative
- SONGS to Move Spent Nuclear Fuel to Dry Storage by 2019
- NRC Excludes Force-On-Force Security Inspections at Decom Sites
- EPA Completes Radiation Screening of Bridgeton Fields
- NRC Proposes Fine for ZionSolutions Security Violations
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- Senate EPW Chair Reprimands NRC for Overcrowding of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools
- Sen. Sanders Fights for Expanded State Role in Nuke Plant Decommissioning
- Nuclear Waste Fund Fee Reduced to Zero
- Army Corps Buffalo District Issues Presolicitation Notice for Luckey Cleanup
- NRC Seeking Public Comment on LLRW Strategic Assessment Update
- USEC Reports $50.8 Million Net Loss in First Quarter 2014
- Northwest Medical Isotopes Announces Plan for Moly-99 Facility
- Government Agencies Closing In on Agreement on Roles for SLDA Cleanup
- Valhi Blames Cask Shortage for WCS Operating Loss In Q1 2014
- International Isotopes Suffers Net Loss In Q1 2014, But Improving from 2013
- Wrap Up: In the Industry
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- House Republicans Press NRC On Yucca Budgetary Decisions
- Perma-Fix Says 1Q 2014 Financial Results Worse Than Expected
- More Fed Characterizations Still Needed At Navajo Uranium Mine Cleanup
- US Ecology Continues 2013 Success In Q1 Of 2014
- NNSA To Transfer $56.65 Million To New American Centrifuge Program
- One Year After Shutdown, Kewaunee Making Progress Towards SAFESTOR
- EPA Will Test Baseball Fields Near West Lake Landfill
- Senators Call For End To Shutdown Reactors Safety Exemptions
- Wrap Up: In EPA, In the Industry
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- DOE ISSUES RFI ON HLW RAILCAR DESIGN
- WRAP UP
- SELLAFIELD AND TEPCO DECOMMISSIONING COMPANY ENTER INTO CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT
- ENTERGY SUING US GOVERNMENT OVER SNF COSTS AT VERMONT YANKEE
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON SEEKS ACCESS TO SONGS DECOM. FUNDS
- DOE SAYS SALT, CLAY, CRYSTALLINE ROCK SUITABLE FOR HLW DISPOSAL
- AS OAK RIDGE TAKES OVER AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE, LAWMAKERS QUESTION FUNDING
- MORE THAN 75 LOS ALAMOS CONTAINERS OF TRU WASTE MAY NOT MEET WCS CRITERIA
- NRC RECEIVES PETITION ABOUT CONCERNS OVER HIGH-DENSITY SPENT FUEL POOLS
- ADDITIONAL OPPOSITION TO HLW STORAGE EMERGES IN TEXAS
- CALLS GROW FOR OFF-SITE TESTING AT WEST LAKE LANDFILL
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- STUDSVIK SAYS IT DECREASED RISK WITH US OPERATIONS SALE
- DOE BEGINS MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY FOR RESEARCH REACTOR SNF CONTRACTS
- NRC RECEIVES PETITION TO CONSOLIDATE SPENT FUEL STORAGE REGULATIONS
- WRAP UP
- U.K. LOW-LEVEL WASTE REPOSITORY SEEKS TO REASSURE OVER COASTAL EROSION CONCERNS
- KURION TO SHIP ROBOTIC SYSTEM NEXT WEEK FOR FUKUSHIMA WORK
- SEN. CASEY CALLS FOR PROGRESS TOWARD ACTIVE REMEDIATION AT SLDA SITE
- ZION WASTE SHIPMENT AGREEMENT STILL INTACT, DISPOSAL TIMELINE UNCLEAR
- EPA, USACE ENTER INTO INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENT FOR WEST LAKE LANDFILL CLEANUP
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- TEXAS APPEALS COURT DENIES WCS BYPRODUCT PERMIT CHALLENGE
- IRID TO HOST WORKSHOP ON FUKUSHIMA FUEL DEBRIS RFI RESULTS
- PERMA-FIX WARNS OF ‘SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT’ ABOUT FINANCIAL FUTURE
- CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CLAIMS DAMAGE FROM WEST LAKE LANDFILL RADWASTE CONTAMINATION
- DOE, USEC AGREE TO ‘NO COST’ AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE EXTENSION THROUGH APRIL
- WCS REACHING OUT TO LOCAL COMMUNITY ON HLW STORAGE
- WESTINGHOUSE AND OPG ANNOUNCE WORKING AGREEMENT
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- MISS. LAWMAKERS PROPOSE RESOLUTION AGAINST HOSTING HLW
- URENCO USA ENRICHMENT PLANT COMPLETES PHASE II
- WRAP UP
- CORRECTION
- REP. JOHNSON ACCUSES DOE OF TRYING TO DRAIN YUCCA FUNDS
- HOUSE LAWMAKERS CALL FOR FUNDING FOR CONSENT-BASED SITING APPROACH
- US ECOLOGY TO PURCHASE EQ FOR $465 MILLION
- POTENTIAL CANDIDATES EMERGE FOR SOON-TO-BE-OPEN NRC SLOT
- NNSA FUNDS TO BE SHIFTED FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE
- AGREEMENT STATE COMPATIBILITY AT CENTER OF NRC MEETING
- NAVAJO NATION RECEIVES BILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT FOR URANIUM MINE CLEANUP
- EPA FINDS POTENTIAL RISK TO PUBLIC SHOULD WEST LAKE LANDFILL FIRE REACH RADWASTE
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- CANADIAN REVIEW PANEL ASKS OPG TO RESUBMIT INFO ON RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS FOR WASTE SITE
- PERMA-FIX DELAYS FILING 2013 FINANCIAL RESULTS, NET LOSS LOOMS
- INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES REPORTS NET LOSS IN 2013
- DOE LOOKING AT TRIGA FUEL ALTERNATIVES
- FIRST SHIPMENT OF LOS ALAMOS TRU WASTE ARRIVES AT WCS
- WRAP UP
- LLRW DISPOSAL CHART
- TEXAS GOVERNOR BACKS NUKE WASTE SITE
- REP. SHIMKUS VOICES DISPLEASURE WITH DOE’S LACK OF YUCCA BUDGET REQUESTS
- ZION WASTE SHIPMENT AGREEMENT FALLS APART
- OAK RIDGE TO MANAGE AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE, FUNDING QUESTION REMAINS
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- NRC STAFF MAY REMOVE REPOSITORY LANGUAGE FROM WASTE CONFIDENCE RULING
- EPA SEEKS USACE HELP FOR ISOLATION BARRIER AT WEST LAKE LANDFILL
- ROBATEL RECEIVES COC FROM NRC FOR TYPE-B CASK DESIGN
- DOE BEGINS MARKET RESEARCH FOR NEW WASTE TREATMENT CONTRACTS
- WRAP UP
- REP. SHIMKUS WANTS CLOSER LOOK AT POTENTIAL YUCCA TIMELINE/COSTS
- ‘ACCELERATED’ HOUSE APPROPS PROCESS MAY LEAD TO MARKUP IN LATE APRIL
- PERMA-FIX MEDICIAL SUBSIDIARY REPORTEDLY IN DEAL WITH POLISH FIRM
- ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ADDS NEW SITE TO FUSRAP
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- WRAP UP
- PERMA-FIX, PHILOTECHNICS LEGACY WASTE LAWSUIT MAY BE MOVING TOWARDS SETTLEMENT
- VALHI EXPECTS POSITIVE 2014 FROM WCS
- USEC SENDS OUT LAYOFF NOTICES TO 400 WORKERS
- SCIENTISTS SEND LETTER TO ENERGY SEC. CALLING FOR MORE ACTIVE WASTE MGMT. PROGRAM
- LLW FORUM WORKING GROUP SUGGESTS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO GET DISUSED SOURCES MOVING
- FORMER OPG EMPLOYEE ALLEGES CALCULATIONS OFF FOR POTENTIAL CANADIAN WASTE SITE
- COURT DENIES EN BANC MOTION IN NUCLEAR WASTE FUND FEE CASE
- NRC COMMISSIONER MAGWOOD SET TO LEAVE COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL AGENCY
- NEI WARNS OF IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL RUSSIAN LEU SANCTIONS
- LOS ALAMOS TRU TO BE STORED AT WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS
- DOE PROVIDES MORE DETAILS OF FY 2015 NUKE ENERGY BUDGET REQUEST
- NEW REMOTE-HANDLED LLW DISPOSAL FACILITY AT INL MOVING FORWARD
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- Federal Court Awards Duke Energy Reimbursement For Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
- Q&A: Waste Control Specialists President Rod Baltzer
- Doe Set To Restart Transient Testing At INL
- WRAP UP
- NRC STILL CONSIDERING OPTIONS FOR YUCCA EIS
- NRC IG REPORT QUESTIONS HANDLING OF SLDA FUSRAP SITE
- Q&A: IRID’S KAZUHIRO SUZUKI
- DUTCH MEDICAL ISOTOPE COMPANY WON’T MEET 2015 DEADLINE FOR SWITCH TO LEU USE
- OFFICIALS RECOMMEND NEW LOOK AT EFFECTIVENESS OF LLRW FRAMEWORK
- CHALK RIVER BIDDING TEAMS BEGIN TO EMERGE AS CANADA ANNOUNCES RFRE
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- NRC PROPOSES FLAT FY15 BUDGET REQUEST, NO YUCCA MONEY
- WRAP UP
- KURION INDICATES EXPANDED ROLE AT FUKUSHIMA CLEANUP
- DOE FY15 BUDGET REQUEST CALLS FOR CHANGES TO NUKE WASTE FUND ACCESS
- USEC FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY
- ENERGYSOLUTIONS COMPLETES DEAL ACQUIRING STUDSVIK’S US ASSETS
- DOE WON’T COMPLETE YUCCA SUPPLEMENTAL EIS
- MISSOURI LAWMAKERS WANT WEST LAKE LANDFILL CLEANUP IN FUSRAP
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- CORRECTION
- WRAP UP
- LLRW DISPOSAL CHART
- NRC LOOKING AT CHANGES TO REACTOR LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESS
- NIAGARA FUSRAP SITE CLEANUP PACE DRAWS IRE OF COUNTY LEGISLATURE
- COURT DISMISSES CASE SEEKING RECUSAL OF NRC CHAIR FROM YUCCA DECISIONS
- SENATE EPW ANNOUNCES NEW SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS
- REP. SIMPSON SUPPORTS LOOKING MORE AT INTERIM STORAGE OF SPENT FUEL
- RESTART OF YUCCA WORK SWAYS DOE’S U-233 DISCUSSIONS WITH NEVADA
- NRC CHAIR AGAINST ASKING FOR MORE YUCCA LICENSING APPROPRIATIONS
- INDUSTRY REACTS TO PART 61 SRM
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- WRAP UP
- B&W AND TERRAPOWER ENTER INTO TWR SUPPORT AGREEMENT
- GROUP PETITIONS NRC OVER THREAT OF REACTOR POOL FIRE FALLOUT
- NRC REPORT FINDS LITTLE RISK FROM SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION
- PERMAFIX FORMS MEDICAL ISOTOPE PRODUCTION SUBSIDIARY
- DOE CONSIDERING ‘ALL OPTIONS’ IN REVIEW OF ENRICHMENT NEEDS
- USEC SEEKS TO STORE RUSSIAN LEU INTENDED FOR JAPANESE CUSTOMERS
- NEXT STEP IN CHALK RIVER PROCUREMENT STILL DELAYED
- NRC ISSUES SRM FOR PART 61
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- BAUCUS’ AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENT SETS OFF CHANGES IN SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEES
- NARUC RESPONDS TO NWF FEE EN BANC MOTION
- UK GIVES GO AHEAD ON WYLFA DECOMMISSIONING PLAN
- IAEA SUPPORTS FUKUSHIMA DECOMMISSIONING STRATEGY
- WRAP UP
- UNCERTAINTY IN UTILITY NUCLEAR FLEETS MAY LEAD TO SHUTDOWNS
- ENERGYSOLUTIONS SET TO PURCHASE STUDSVIK’S U.S. OPERATIONS
- US ECOLOGY HAS BEST YEAR IN COMPANY’S HISTORY
- MURKOWSKI: NO ‘TRACTION’ FOR SENATE NUKE WASTE BILL
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- INTERIM STORAGE ‘NOT OFF THE TABLE’ FOR HOUSE LAWMAKERS
- TEXAS LAWMAKERS TO STUDY ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HOSTING HLW FACILITY
- WCS RECEIVES FIRST TYPE-B CASK
- DECOMMISSIONING OF SAN ONOFRE NUKE PLANT TO MOVE FORWARD ‘EXPEDITIOUSLY’
- NEVADA-DOE WORKING GROUP ON U-233 DISPOSAL MEETS FOR SECOND TIME
- INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES REMAINS HOPEFUL FOR DE-CONVERSION FACILITY
- LAWMAKERS ASK DOE TO RECONSIDER URANIUM TRANSFERS
- WRAP UP