Category Archives: Nuclear energy

Baran confirmed to longer NRC term; Williams to ARPA-E

In a continued push by Democratic leaders to confirm favored nominees before the GOP takes over the chamber in January, the Senate Monday confirmed former Hill staffer Jeffery Baran to a longer term at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over GOP objections and…

 

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New Mexico fines DOE $54 million over Los Alamos, WIPP violations

In what appears to be the largest state penalty ever imposed on the Energy Department for safety and waste management violations, New Mexico last week fined DOE a total of $54.3 million for 37 violations of state regulations at Los Alamos National Laboratory…

 

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Start-up dates for new Georgia nukes get murkier—state monitor

In a gloomy prediction filed last month, a construction monitor working for the state said a Georgia Power-led consortium is not likely to meet planned in-service dates for two reactors under construction at the Alvin Vogtle plant and that—given recent…

 

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Radiation release revealed at aging Y-12 uranium facility

Workers at an aging uranium processing facility at the Energy Department’s Y-12 plant in Tennessee recently discovered that radioactive material was ejected from one of its stacks, spreading low-level contamination across a large area of Building…

 

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Former backers of Idaho nuke plant accused of fraud

A grand jury last week indicted two former officials of Alternate Energy Holdings Inc.—the backer of a long-stalled Idaho nuclear plant project—with 14 counts of securities fraud, conspiracy, wire fraud, filing false tax returns and making false…

 

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NRC extends MOX plant permit by 10 years

In another indication the embattled project may survive, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on November 13 extended the completion deadline for the long-delayed Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site for 10…

 

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Charboneau named to lead DOE Hanford site office

The Energy Department this week named Stacy Charboneau as manager of its Hanford site office, saying she would bring more than 20 years of experience overseeing nuclear cleanup operations in other senior DOE posts at the eastern Washington nuclear facility…

 

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Senate Dems boost Baran for longer NRC term

With Republican members of the panel boycotting the proceeding, the Democratic-controlled Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted Tuesday to move Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jeffery Baran closer to a longer term in office at the agency. The…

 

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DOE details two-year transfer of Los Alamos cleanup work

Following heavy criticism of the lab’s role in a radioactive waste accident at the agency’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Energy Department officials Wednesday outlined a two-year transition plan for transferring management of nuclear cleanup and…

 

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NRC staff split on next steps for post-Fukushima flooding rules

More than a dozen Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffers are protesting a majority staff proposal that they say would inappropriately weaken recommendations made after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster that could require reactor operators to boost…

 

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