In letters dated June 8 and July 19, 2018, Interim Storage Partners LLC submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requesting a site-specific license in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 72. NRC has hereby issued the license. To read the full letter, click here.
Category: NRC
NRC Terminates Rulemaking re Special Nuclear Material Accounting
In April 2019, it was announced that all five members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted unanimously to terminate a decade-long, multimillion dollar program to update federal regulations on material control and accounting (MC&A) of special nuclear materials. “The Commission has disapproved the draft final rule,” stated NRC Commission Secretary Annette Vietti-Cook in an April 3 memorandum to NRC …
NRC Proposes FY 2020 Budget to Congress
On March 11, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that the agency is proposing to Congress a budget of $921 million for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The request is $10 million higher than the FY 2019 budget, reflecting 44 fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. Overview The increase in the FY 2020 request takes into account the inclusion of …