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FEATURED UNLOCKED ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
Narrowly, a second Canadian municipality approves candidacy for spent-fuel repository
Residents of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, on Monday voted to become a potential host site of a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. The difference between consenting to the repository and not came down to fewer than 100 votes, according to official results dated Tuesday. Consent carried the day though, with 1,604 voters for the repository and 1,526 against, a split of roughly 51% to 48% of the town. Eight people declined to vote, nowhere near enough to eclipse the winning side’s 78-vote margin. Of eligible voters, 69% participated, making the vote binding under Ontario provincial law. South Bruce is a little more than 100 miles from Toronto, near Lake Huron.… |
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Oak Ridge kicked off property transfer process for Orano, manager says
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Orano-USA has started the property transfer and licensing process for its planned uranium enrichment plant at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site, the site’s top federal cleanup official said here Wednesday. Orano-USA announced in September that… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
BWXT-led group wins new West Valley remediation contract
The Department of Energy Thursday awarded a potential $3-billion, 10-year cleanup contract to a BWX Technologies-led partnership for work at the West Valley Demonstration Program in western New York state. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said in a press release… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
NRC legal department recommends new mission statement to comply with ADVANCE Act
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s in-house legal advisors this month recommended tweaking the agency’s mission statement to clarify that regulation does not unnecessarily limit beneficial civilian use of nuclear energy. Separately, NRC’s Office of the Executive Director, helmed by the agency’s… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
CNS submitted new rebaseline for UPF, project manager says
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Consolidated Nuclear Security submitted a new rebaseline for the Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the facility’s project manager said here. The Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) is the National Nuclear Security… |
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