Publications: Nuclear Energy & Radwaste Monitor
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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
- 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
- U.K. LOW-LEVEL WASTE REPOSITORY SEEKS TO REASSURE OVER COASTAL EROSION CONCERNS
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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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- TEXAS GOVERNOR BACKS NUKE WASTE SITE
- 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
- 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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- 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
- 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
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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
- DOE WON’T COMPLETE YUCCA SUPPLEMENTAL EIS
- MISSOURI LAWMAKERS WANT WEST LAKE LANDFILL CLEANUP IN FUSRAP
- 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
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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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- WRAP UP
- 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
- 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
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- NNSS Quarterly LLRW Disposal Volumes
- USEC AND DOE LAUNCH NEW EXTENSION OF AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE R&D PROGRAM
- NRC DENIES MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION OF YUCCA SERS COSTS/TIMELINE
- COURT ASKS FOR PETITIONER RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR WASTE FUND FEE EN BANC MOTION
- INDUSTRY PONDERS FALLOUT FROM WCS’S EXEMPT WASTE BULK DISPOSAL OPTION
- KURION ACQUIRES VISTA ENGINEERING, TRIPLING ITS SIZE
- BOXER AGAIN CRITCIZES NRC DOCUMENT POLICY DURING OVERSIGHT HEARING
- SENATE NUCLEAR WASTE BILL MARKUP DELAYED AGAIN
- MISSOURI PROPOSES CALLING ON FUSRAP FOR WEST LAKE LANDFILL CLEANUP
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- IG REPORT CRITICIZES NRC PROCESS FOR TRACKING BANKRUPTCY OF MATERIALS LICENSEES
- TEXAS RULE REVIEW SEES DELAY
- WRAP UP
- WASTE CONFIDENCE RULING TO BE DETERMINED BY OCT.
- WCS RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR BULK DISPOSAL OF SOME CLASS A WASTE IN RCRA CELL
- UK: REUSE REMAINS PREFERRED OPTION FOR SEPARATED PLUTONIUM
- SIERRA CLUB APPEALS BARNWELL LICENSE RENEWAL
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- BPC NUCLEAR WASTE PROJECT MANAGER HIGHLIGHTS CAMPAIGN’S VISION
- OMNIBUS PROVIDES $62 M FOR AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE, BUT FUTURE FUNDS DEPEND ON STUDY
- STAKEHOLDERS ‘INCREASINGLY’ ENGAGING IN DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS
- AREVA AND WCS ENTER INTO SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT
- FY14 OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL INCLUDES REVERSION OF NRC SENSITIVE DOCUMENT POLICY
- FY14 OMNIBUS LARGELY MATCHES REQUEST FOR FUSRAP FUNDING
- TYPE-B CASK DELIEVRIES STILL ON TRACK FOR FIRST QUARTER
- LLRW DISPOSAL CHART
- MAJORITY OF NRC COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO REDUCE PART 61 TIME OF COMPLIANCE
- DOE MOVE ON U-233 TAKES TIME PRESSURE OFF TALKS WITH NEVADA
- YUCCA SERS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY JAN. 2015, NRC OFFICIAL SAYS
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- UK CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES WASTE TREATMENT RESEARCH EFFORT
- USEC’S AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE PASSES STATION BLACKOUT TEST
- TEPCO TO FORM NEW INTERNAL FUKUSHIMA DECOMMISSIONING COMPANY
- ENERGYSOLUTIONS MAKES NEW SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES
- KURION TO PROVIDE WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR UK’S NNL
- VERMONT, ENTERGY COME TO AGREEMENT ON VERMONT YANKEE DECOMMISSIONING
- BI-PARTISAN THINK TANK ANNOUNCES NEW NUCLEAR WASTE PROJECT
- A MAJORITY OF NRC COMMISSIONERS SUPPORT STAFF FINDINGS ON SPENT FUEL POOLS
- DOE’S LYONS ASSURE HOUSE LAWMAKERS THAT DOE WILL HONOR NRC’S YUCCA ORDER
- LOOMING SENATE ENERGY CHAIR CHANGE HAS INDUSTRY GUESSING
- DOE SEEKS EN BANC HEARING IN NUCLEAR WASTE FUND FEE CASE
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Reactor Licensing & RegulationNRC Decides Against Expedited Transfer of SNF to Dry Casks
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/30/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4-1 this week against expediting the transfer of spent nuclear fuel from storage pools to dry cask storage. In a draft study issued last year, NRC staff determined that U.S. spent fuel pools were not in danger from severe earthquakes and that calls for […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Wrap Up: In NRC
RW Monitor 5/30/2014 IN NRC The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted an exemption to Dominion’s Kewaunee Station to enable access to the site’s decommissioning trust fund, according to a notice in the Federal Register this week. The funds from the trust will go towards paying for activities related to irradiated fuel management. Kewaunee plans to begin […]
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Interim Storage & Waste DisposalBPC Names Advisory Council for New Nuke Waste Initiative
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/30/2014 The Bipartisan Policy Center announced this week the makeup of an advisory council for its efforts to address the nation’s high-level nuclear waste problem. Among the council’s 13 members are industry representatives, former regulatory officials and former members of Congress. “These are well-informed people that have had experience on […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
SONGS to Move Spent Nuclear Fuel to Dry Storage by 2019
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/30/2014 Southern California Edison expects to completely transfer the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s spent fuel pool inventory to dry storage by 2019, according to a draft Irradiated Fuel Management Plan the company presented at last week’s Community Engagement Panel meeting. Local stakeholders have been vocal about their desire to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Excludes Force-On-Force Security Inspections at Decom Sites
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/30/2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will exclude NRC-conducted force-on-force inspections from the normal security requirements and inspections for decommissioning plants. The unanimous vote from the Commission, the results of which were released this week, helps address an omission from the 10.CFR.Part 73 rule update completed by the NRC in 2009, […]
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Cleanup & RemediationEPA Completes Radiation Screening of Bridgeton Fields
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/30/2014 The Environmental Protection Agency wrapped up late last week radiation screening at the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex, located next to the West Landfill near St. Louis, but the results have yet to be made public. The EPA had faced mounting community pressure to test the site after a private […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Proposes Fine for ZionSolutions Security Violations
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/30/2014 ZionSolutions could face a civil penalty of $17,500 for security-related violations stemming from a routine agency security inspection at the Zion nuclear power station, according to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission release issued this week. Details about security-related violations are not made public, but the NRC did say the violations […]
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InternationalMich. State Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Fight Canadian Repository
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/23/2014 A group of Michigan state lawmakers introduced a set of legislation this week that aims to protect the Great Lakes region from a proposed Canadian deep geologic repository for low and intermediate radioactive waste in Kincardine, Ont. Ontario Power Generation’s planned repository has received sharp criticism from both state […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Vermont Yankee Moving Forward with SNF Dry Cask Storage Plans
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/23/2014 As part of efforts to move spent nuclear fuel at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to dry cask storage, owner Entergy plans to submit a formal request to the Vermont Public Service Board by the end of June. As part of the agreement between the state of Vermont and […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
USACE Issues SLDA Security Presolicitation Notice
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/23/2014 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has begun planning a new procurement to award a new security contract for the Shallow Land Disposal Area, a Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program site in Armstrong County, Pa. According to a pre-solicitation notice issued late last week, the new […]
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International
TEPCO Begins Fukushima Groundwater Bypass Strategy
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/23/2014 The Tokyo Electric Power Company announced this week that it has begun the process of bypassing clean groundwater around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Water management issues and the prevention of contamination spread to clean groundwater have been problem areas for TEPCO throughout the beginning phases of the […]