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Ensuring Safety and Cleanliness: The Crucial Role of Industrial Vacuums in Nuclear Power Facilities
By a narrow vote of 9–7, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition to rehear the court’s 2023 decision to vacate Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP’s) license to build and operate a consolidated interim storage facility for commercial spent nuclear fuel in Andrews County, Texas.
Supreme Court justices hear arguments in NRC v. Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of Interim Storage Partners’ consolidated interim storage facility in Andrews...
NWTRB asks DOE, Congress to take action on geologic repository
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has recommended to the Department of Energy and Congress that they work together “to create a workable pathway to site, license, construct, and...
Connecticut looks to become an NRC Agreement State
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
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...
DOE releases $56.7M in second round of Palisades loan funding
Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced this week the release of the second part of Holtec’s loan disbursement for the Palisades nuclear plant restart plans in Michigan....
NorthStar closes on Vallecitos D&D agreement
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...
NRC staff: “We’ve already made progress”—Part 2
It’s been a busy eight months, Mike King told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a recent hearing on the immediate and projected impacts of new federal legislation aimed at supporting the...
Annual NRC assessments issued to U.S. nuclear plants
Letters have been issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the nation’s 94 operating commercial nuclear reactors regarding their performance in 2024, the agency reported yesterday. The...
Part 53 aims to create a clear licensing path for advanced reactors
New commentary on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed 10 CFR Part 53 licensing recommendations for advanced reactors argues that more work is needed to make the framework practical....
“The time is now” to advance U.S. nuclear—Part 1
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is gearing up to tackle an influx of licensing requests and oversight of advanced nuclear reactor technology, especially small modular reactors....
