Palisades Restart: Fuel Loading Paused After an Assembly Tipped
On September 21, Holtec International published a progress report on its effort to restart the Palisades nuclear plant in Covert Township, Michigan. The report describes steady progress on several fronts. It also discloses that the most delicate step of the restart has stalled. Fuel loading began on August 30, when the plant entered Mode 6, […]
A Former DOE Official Lays Out Five Tests the Federal Nuclear Campus Plan Hasn’t Passed
A former DOE official outlines five key tests the proposed Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses must pass, raising questions about job projections, timelines, funding, congressional authority, and community consent.
U.S. Supreme Court to officially hear oral arguments for Texas against high-level nuclear waste
The State of Texas has some arguments for its case against both the NRC and Interim Storage Partners – a party that includes Waste Control Specialists in Andrews.
Supreme Court to take up nuclear waste dispute
A dispute over nuclear waste being sent to the Permian Basin is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices agreed Friday to review a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission exceeded its authority under federal law in granting a license to a private company to store spent nuclear fuel at a dump in West Texas for 40 years.
Supreme Court grants Biden administration request to hear nuclear fuel storage case
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to settle a dispute over the temporary storage of nuclear waste in West Texas that could upend decades of federal nuclear policy.
Oil and gas ready to defend decision to block license for nuke waste in Permian Basin
A nuclear technology company looking to store spent nuclear fuel rods in the Permian Basin, along the Texas-New Mexico state line, appealed in U.S. Supreme Court a decision last year to vacate its license to do so, hoping to bring the waste from privately-owned reactors around the country.
Fight against nuclear waste may head to Supreme Court
A fight to prevent high-level radioactive waste at a site near Andrews may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A look into the Permian Basin’s fight against high-level nuclear waste storage
Following a ruling in favor of Texas over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, high-level nuclear waste won’t be stored in Andrews. West Texans can have peace of mind.
Court vacates Holtec’s license for New Mexico spent fuel facility
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated Holtec International’s license to build and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico.
Permian Basin County Renews Opposition to Disposal of Higher-Level Nuclear Waste
While the county supports the existing low-level radioactive waste disposal site, the resolution renews opposition to permitting the disposal of higher-level waste.