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Jaczko Must Go

December 14, 2011 by Rod Adams
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My professional work habits and standards were formed by 33 years in the US naval service, an organization with a proud tradition of developing independent decision makers who could be entrusted with billions of dollars worth of national assets and thousands of lives. Our tradition includes demanding training, strong mentoring programs,... [read more]

White House Issues Apology By Jaczko

December 13, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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Chief of Staff Bill Daley breaks White House silence over escalating conflicts about the NRC The shouting may be over in the long simmering dispute that broke out into the open last Friday at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko has issued an apology via the White House to the other four commissioners... [read more]

Jaczko Explains Yucca Shutdown and Discouraging License Applicant

November 8, 2011 by Rod Adams
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On November 3, 2011, Thalia Assuras of EnergyNow conducted an extended interview with NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko regarding Yucca Mountain, used fuel storage, the lengthening process of getting a license from the NRC, the reasons why nuclear license applicants are getting discouraged, and the possibility that the courts might direct the NRC... [read more]

The GOP Debate: Don't Bet on Yucca Mountain

October 20, 2011 by Steve Skutnik
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The Obama administration's controversial decision to zero-fund (and effectively cancel) the Yucca Mountain spent fuel repository - in violation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act - was generally regarded as a decision which would only be reversed by a subsequent administration. (One can argue about whether the 1987 amendment to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act mandating Yucca mountain was a good or fair idea, but it still is the law, bad law as it may be.) [read more]

Spent Fuel Draft Report Has Few Surprises

July 29, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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The Blue Ribbon Commission calls for interim storage and finding a new geologic repository, but nixes reprocessing as a near term strategy A council of wise men and women is Washington is almost always called a “Blue Ribbon Commission,” which may make its members feel like a slice of prize peach pie at the county fair. This one,... [read more]

Strange Feeling – I Never Even Liked The Yucca Mountain Project

June 16, 2011 by Rod Adams
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Circumstances sometimes create some rather strange alliances. This week, despite being a proud liberal who proudly supports public education, comes from a family of union school teachers, appreciates the value of being covered by a single payer medical plan and voted for President Obama, I find myself cheering for a group of... [read more]

Jaczko Decided To Halt Yucca Review By February 2010, Not October 2010

May 12, 2011 by Rod Adams
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Chairman Gregory Jaczko testified recently that the NRC decided to begin closing down the agency’s effort to review the Yucca Mountain license application in early October, 2010. Some of his fellow commissioners testified that they did not agree with the decision and they do not agree that the commission has made the policy decision to... [read more]

Unhappy About Management Of Spent Fuel?

March 31, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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Blue Ribbon Commission says that applies to just about everyone A government special study group that is looking at the future of management of spent nuclear fuel has released a summary of testimony it has heard over the past year. The staff report, which makes no recommendations, is a set of talking points about the things people have... [read more]

Russia. Yucca Mountain. Serious Subjects. Silly Videos.

November 30, 2010 by Meredith Angwin
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I'm not quite sure why I think these videos go together, but somehow I feel they do.The first video is real. Vladimir Putin teasing Germany about not building new nuclear plants.The second video is a satire about Jaczko and Yucca Mountain, shamelessly stolen from Dan Yurman's blog yesterday. Dan found it on a Wall Street Journal blog.... [read more]

Nuclear Fuel Storage: John Herron Talks to Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee

November 9, 2010 by MargieJepson
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John Herron is the President, CEO and Chief Nuclear Officer for Entergy. He shares some thoughts following his appearance last week before the Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee:I recently had the opportunity to address the Transportation and Storage Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission. Our industry has some challenges to... [read more]

Advice to the Blue Ribbon Commission

June 16, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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  Management of spent nuclear fuel would be a good idea Since the dawn of the era of commercial nuclear power, the prevailing paradigm has been the “once-through” model which assumes after fuel bundles have cooled off, they can be shipped to a geological storage site for permanent burial.  It’s a 19th century idea that like... [read more]

New interest in doing more with spent nuclear fuel

April 15, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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President Obama’s nuclear summit and DOE’s retreat from Yucca Mountain bring them out The combination of an meeting of international leaders and a high profile ‘blue ribbon commission’ are bringing out ideas to be taken seriously about what to do with spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors. Similar ideas are getting parallel... [read more]

Tamar’s Law – Dale Klein

March 21, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Outgoing NRC Commissioner says Yucca license was withdrawn for all the wrong reasons Guest Column by: Tamar Cerfici* I spoke with Dale Klein (left) at the NRC’s Regulatory Information Conference, or RIC, last week just before he left for IAEA meetings in Europe and the Middle East. The Senate approved President Obama’s slate of... [read more]

A tale of two speeches

March 11, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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NRC Commissioners talk about Yucca Mountain The New York Times has excellent coverage this week of two speeches by NRC Commissioners Gregory Jazcko (right) and Dale Klein.  What’s significant about them is that both proceed from the point of view of the chairman’s role.  Jazcko is the current chair and Dale Klein is the past... [read more]

DOE’s Non-Performance On Permanent Storage Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Costs Billions

November 17, 2009 by Tim Hurst
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With the Obama administration passing on nuclear reprocessing and the hopes of storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain all but gone, the future for spent nuclear fuel in the U.S. remains uncertain. This is a guest post by Kimberly R. Reome, Vice President and Krista M. Haley, Principal, The Kenrich Group As the U.S. electric industry... [read more]