Category Archives: Nuclear energy

NRC staff flags land, water rights problems in Yucca application

In another potential problem for the long-delayed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff analysis released Thursday says the federal government has not obtained permanent rights to the land where the project is located…

 

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NRC proposes new cyber-security incident reporting requirements

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff late last month proposed new requirements for nuclear plant operators to report cyber-security incidents to the agency, including specific deadlines for reports to be submitted to NRC. Issued November 20, the proposed rule…

 

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New DNFSB rule shields DOE workers in safety probes

Over strenuous objections from the Energy Department, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has finalized a long-delayed rule change under which it will have authority to withhold from DOE the identity and testimony of DOE workers who risk retaliation…

 

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GOP names six new senators to energy, environment panels

Senate Republican leaders this week said four newly elected GOP senators would join the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the new Congress next year and named three new Republicans to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Added to…

 

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DOE response lacking on leaky Hanford tanks—GAO

Recently discovered leaks from underground nuclear waste storage tanks at the Energy Department’s Hanford site raise questions about how much longer they can safely contain waste and delays in construction of tank waste disposal facilities threaten to…

 

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Senate confirms two to TVA board

The Senate last week voted to confirm the nominations of Tennessee television executive Ron Walter and Nashville business consultant Virginia Lodge to the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors, voting 86-12 to confirm the two Democrats’…

 

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Hill delivers 2015 funding bumps for DOE energy R&D, nuke complex

The fiscal year 2015 spending bill released by House and Senate appropriators late Tuesday gives the Energy Department a modestly generous bump in funding to $27.92 billion, a 2.3 percent jump over fiscal 2014 levels that delivers small increases to its clean…

 

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DOE seeking volunteer site to eye borehole nuke waste disposal

Moving forward on a relatively new plan to potentially deal with some of the nation’s nuclear waste, the Energy Department’s top nuclear official said Thursday that DOE has begun the process of seeking out a community that would volunteer to host…

 

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DOE offers aid for upgrades to existing nukes

In a new Obama administration initiative to help financially struggling nuclear plants, the Energy Department this week offered federal aid for upgrades to existing reactors in a final solicitation seeking industry proposals for $12.6 billion in federal loan…

 

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Hill waives cost cap on revamped DOE uranium project

While they remain frustrated with cost overruns plaguing the agency’s big projects, the congressional defense committees are waiving a $4.2 billion statutory cost cap on the National Nuclear Security Administration’s revised plan for modernizing…

 

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