RW Monitor
5/1/2015
IN THE NRC
The Department of Energy filed for a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license amendment for its Idaho Spent Fuel Facility independent spent fuel storage installation, according to a filing in the Federal Register this week. The license amendment would allow the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility to make changes to the Quality Assurance Program, the Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program, and the Training Program, according to the notice. “If granted, the amendment would revise the technical specifications for the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) to add the Essential Program Control Program. The addition of the Essential Program Control Program would conform the technical specifications to those of Three Mile Island, Unit 2, and Fort St. Vrain, and allow the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility to make changes to the Quality Assurance Program, the Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program, and the Training Program,” the notice said.
IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
The STURGIS Barge reached Galveston, Texas this week, faster than originally anticipated, the Army Corps of Engineers announced. The journey from the James River Reserve Fleet in Virginia to Galveston was scheduled to take three to four weeks, but it actually only took about two weeks. The original timeline called for the barge to be towed down from Virginia last fall, but that date had been pushed back due to the city’s delay in issuing a permit that would enable the decommissioning to take place in its port. The Corps issued a contract to CB&I Federal Services last year for the dismantlement of the MH-1A nuclear reactor currently installed on the barge. The Corps anticipates decommissioning work will begin in July and last 14 to 18 months.
