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In the wake of the federal government shutdown, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has postponed two public meetings on the long-term storage of used nuclear fuel that were scheduled for the week of Oct. 6.
The NRC had scheduled 12 public meetings on the so-called “waste confidence” rule for cities around the country throughout October and early November. The first of these were held Oct. 1 and 3 in Rockville, Md., and Denver. The postponed meetings were scheduled for San Luis Obispo and Carlsbad, both in California.
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The first of 12 public meetings held by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the 75-day comment period on its proposed rule and environmental study on the effects of extended storage of used nuclear fuel was well-attended by a balanced group of stakeholders, including representatives of the nuclear energy industry and pro-industry groups.
As the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission considers how to comply with a court order to restart its stalled review of the license application for the Yucca Mountain used fuel repository, agency staff this week recommended that remaining Yucca-specific funds be used to complete the safety evaluation reports and the supplemental environmental impact statement.
The nuclear energy industry has submitted preliminary draft guidance to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to begin discussions on a process that ultimately would help plants make safety improvements more quickly.
The public aligns strongly with the nuclear industry’s views on managing used fuel, favoring development of a permanent repository and consolidated storage facilities and creating a new organization to oversee used fuel activities, a new Bisconti/Quest Global Research poll says.
A day before the government shutdown that began Oct. 1, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it had sufficient unspent “carryover” funding from the previous year to maintain “largely normal” operations for about a week.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded more than $60 million to universities, national laboratories and industry to fund nuclear energy research.
A bipartisan group of 81 members of Congress led by Rep. John Dingell, the Democratic chairman emeritus of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, last week urged the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete and issue its safety evaluation reports on the Energy Department’s license application for a used nuclear fuel repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The reports document the NRC’s safety review of the application.
Control room simulator tours, nature preserve tours, displays and giveaways greeted more than 450 local residents who attended a Sept. 10 Open House at Exelon’s Three Mile Island nuclear energy facility in Pennsylvania.
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