A message from Goodway Technologies

Optimizing Maintenance Strategies in Power Generation: Embracing Predictive and Preventive Approaches

NorthStar to ship Vermont Yankee’s low-activity wastewater to Idaho

May 10, 2021, 9:30AMRadwaste Solutions

The closed Vermont Yankee power plant is currently undergoing decommissioning. (Photo: Entergy)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is set to allow about 2 million gallons of low-level radioactive wastewater from the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, currently undergoing decommissioning, to be disposed of at an Idaho waste facility. As published in the May 7 Federal Register, the NRC has issued an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a request by NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning to dispose of the wastewater at US Ecology Idaho’s waste facility near Grand View.

To continue reading, log in or create a free account!

Higher enriched nuclear fuel being tested at Vogtle

April 11, 2025, 12:07PMNuclear News

Southern Nuclear recently loaded nuclear fuel with uranium-235 enriched up to 6 percent—higher than the usual 3–5 percent enrichment—into Vogtle-2 to test it through irradiation....

How does subsequent license renewal relate to the restart of nuclear power plants?

April 10, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear NewsGary Adkins

Subsequent license renewal (SLR) authorizes nuclear power plants to operate for an additional 20 years beyond the 60 years of the initial license (years 1–40) and the first license renewal...

Age is just a number

April 8, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

This month’s Nuclear News pays tribute to the people and projects that keep our nuclear power plants running.In the nuclear industry, “life extension” is a venerable term that broadly...

NRC approves subsequent license renewal for Oconee

April 2, 2025, 7:03AMNuclear News

All three units at the Duke Energy’s Oconee nuclear power plant in South Carolina are now licensed to operate for an additional 20 years....

Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning

April 1, 2025, 3:00PMRadwaste Solutions

The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The...

NorthStar closes on Vallecitos D&D agreement

March 18, 2025, 7:06AMRadwaste Solutions

NorthStar Group Services has announced that it has closed on an agreement to acquire ownership of the Vallecitos Nuclear Center from GE Vernova and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy for NorthStar's...

Tennessee senators call on Trump to “rescue TVA from itself”

March 28, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

In a strongly worded opinion piece published by Power Magazine on March 24, Tennessee Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty call for new leadership at the Tennessee Valley Authority to...

Connecticut looks to become an NRC Agreement State

March 24, 2025, 9:38AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received a request from the state of Connecticut asking that the state be allowed to assume regulatory authority over certain radioactive materials within...

Broad nuclear aspirations discussed in Atoms for Appalachia launch

March 24, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann is all about energy—specifically nuclear energy.On March 20, the GOP congressman from Tennessee joined the official launch of Atoms for Appalachia, the new report...

Robotics milestone reached at Sellafield

March 19, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

Sellafield Ltd. and AtkinsRéalis have successfully operated a robotic dog from a remote location in what might be the first time such an operation has happened at a nuclear licensed site,...

NorthStar to ship Vermont Yankee’s low-activity wastewater to Idaho

Related Articles