The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum will be holding its Spring Meeting March 22-23, 2023 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC. Click here to register online. We look forward to a very interesting meeting, featuring Keynote Speaker NRC Commissioner David Wright. Click here to see the agenda. Tour of Barnwell Site: March 21 LLW…
The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum will be holding its Spring Meeting March 22-23, 2023 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC. Due to high demand, we recommend that you book your room AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Click here to book now! Click here to register for the meeting Tour of Barnwell Site: March 21…
In draft permit materials rolled out December 8, the state of New Mexico said it could potentially seek closure of the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad a half-century before the feds might like. The New Mexico Environment Department wants to ensure in-state transuranic waste shipments from DOE’s Los Alamos National Laboratory…
On April 12, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff completed its systematic assessment of how the NRC approaches environmental justice in its programs, policies and activities, by submitting to the Commission SECY-22-0025. The SECY package contains the staff paper, which includes six high-level recommendations to the Commission and six commitments that the staff will undertake,…
MEMORANDUM TO: Daniel H. Dorman, Executive Director for OperationsFROM: Brooke P. Clark, SecretaryDATE: April 5, 2022SUBJECT: STAFF REQUIREMENTS – SECY-20-0098 – PATH FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CERTAIN LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL RULEMAKINGS The Commission has approved the staff’s recommended Option 1, to issue a new proposed rule that consolidates and integrates criteria for licensing the…
The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum (LLW Forum) is an independent, non-profit organization that was established to facilitate state and compact implementation of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 and its 1985 Amendments and to promote the objectives of low-level radioactive waste regional compacts. The LLW Forum provides an opportunity for state and compact officials to share information with each other and to exchange views with officials of federal agencies and other interested stakeholders.