Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Wrap Up: Markey Fears Intersection of Climate Change and Nuclear Fuel Storage

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U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) this week expressed concerns about the potential dangers climate change could pose to long-term storage of used nuclear reactor fuel on-site at nuclear power plants around the country.
In an April 23 letter to Nuclear Regulatory…

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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

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Budget & Policy

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WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy could consider using the Nuclear Waste Fund to help fund waste management-related facilities to go online at Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. During the House Energy and Commerce’s Energy subcommittee hearing Tuesday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

House Energy panel plans to look at DOE’s Nuclear Lifecycle centers

Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

West Virginia becomes sixth state picked under DOE’s nuclear campus program

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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

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Cleanup & Remediation

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Transuranic Waste

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