DRAFT AGENDA RELEASED FOR FALL 2017 LLW FORUM MEETING

Hilton Alexandria Old Town Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia October 16-17, 2017 The draft agenda for the upcoming Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum (LLW Forum) meeting has been released and posted to the organization’s website at www.llwforum.org. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Old Town Alexandria Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia on October 16-17, 2017. As a reminder, the discount rate…

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DISTRICT COURT PROHIBITS PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS BY ENERGYSOLUTIONS

On June 21, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued a Judgment and Order in a civil antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the proposed $367 million acquisition of Waste Control Specialists LLC by EnergySolutions. The United States of America is the plaintiff in the case.  The listed defendants include EnergySolutions,…

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2018 HODES AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT

The Southeast Compact Commission for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management is accepting nominations for the 2018 Richard S. Hodes, M.D. Honor Lecture Award—a program that recognizes an individual, company, or organization that contributed in a significant way to improving the technology, policy, or practices of low-level radioactive waste management in the United States.  The award recipient…

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NRC RELEASES DRAFT REGULATORY BASIS DECOMMISSIONING RULE

On March 10, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that the agency was making publicly available a pre-publication draft regulatory basis for a future power reactor decommissioning rule. The intent is to provide an efficient decommissioning process; reduce the need for exemptions from existing regulations; and, support the principles of good regulation—including openness,…

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NRC Seeks Input re Byproduct Material Financial Scoping Study

Comments Due by October 19, 2015 In a Federal Register notice published on August 3, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that the agency plans to conduct a financial scoping study to determine if financial planning requirements for decommissioning and end-of-life management for some radioactive byproduct material are necessary.  (See 80 Federal Register…

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