⚛️ACRS Meeting Notice
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards is set to hold a meeting on October 10, 2025, focusing on streamlined functions in regulatory reviews. Topics include discussions on nuclear plant restart activities and planning for future recommendations. Public participation options and meeting protocols are also outlined.
Learn More🏛️Upcoming Meeting of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board has announced a rescheduled public meeting for updates on spent nuclear fuel and waste management. The meeting will feature senior DOE representatives and allow for public comments, providing a platform for stakeholders to engage with ongoing regulatory processes.
Learn More⚛️NRC Draft Regulatory Summary on Combined License Review
Combined License Review Performance and Reporting
Learn More⚛️NRC Issues License Termination Notice for Vallecitos Reactor
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the termination of the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR) Facility Operating License, No. DPR-1, located near Sunol, California. The VBWR is co-located at the site with the Empire State Atomic Development Associates (ESADA) Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor (EVESR), license No. DR-10. Due to the shared siting of the facilities, the termination of the VBWR license includes an exemption from the requirement to meet certain dose criteria at the site as all remaining residual radioactivity has been transferred to the co-located EVESR license, and will be evaluated when that license is terminated.
Learn More⚛️Fort St. Vrain License Amendment
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an application by the Department of Energy (DOE) for an amendment to Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2504, for the Fort St. Vrain (FSV) independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) located in Platteville, Colorado. The requested amendment revises certain license conditions and technical specifications (TS) by adjusting references to relevant organizational components of DOE, correcting prior clerical drafting errors, and changing the description of a DOE official who is responsible for the operation and nuclear safety of the FSV ISFSI and for ensuring its compliance with certain conditions and requirements of the license and applicable regulations.
Learn More⚛️Final Environmental Impact Statement for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), issued as NUREG-1437, Supplement 21, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 21, Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal of Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, Final Report." This EIS evaluates the environmental impacts of license renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 for an additional 20 years of operation for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Browns Ferry). Browns Ferry is located on the north shore of Wheeler Reservoir at Tennessee River Mile 294, approximately 10 miles northwest of Decatur, Alabama, and 10 miles southwest of Athens, Alabama.
Learn More⚛️Proposed Extension of Nuclear Fuel Data Survey Regulations
DOE invites public comments on the proposed three-year extension, with changes, to the Form GC-859 Nuclear Fuel Data Survey, OMB Control Number 1901-0287, as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form GC-859 Nuclear Fuel Data Survey collects data on spent nuclear fuel from all utilities that operate commercial nuclear reactors and from all others that possess irradiated fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.
Learn More⚡New Rules for Voluntary Agreements Under Defense Production Act
This interim final rule codifies standards and procedures the Department of Energy will follow when developing and carrying out voluntary agreements and plans of action under the Defense Production Act. The Defense Production Act provides a defense from antitrust laws with respect to any action taken to develop or carry out any voluntary agreement or plan of action when certain criteria are met. The rule will apply the Defense Production Act's long-standing provisions and will be set out in a new and dedicated part in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Learn More⚛️NRC Approves Direct License Transfer for Palisades Nuclear Plant
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an order approving the direct transfer of operating authority for Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) and the general license for the Palisades Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) from the current holder, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), to Palisades Energy, LLC (OPCO). Holtec Palisades, LLC, will remain the licensed owner of PNP and the PNP ISFSI. The NRC is also issuing a conforming amendment to the facility operating license for administrative purposes to reflect the license transfer from HDI to OPCO. This license transfer is part of the regulatory approvals necessary to reauthorize power operations at PNP.
Learn More⚠️EPA Approves Replacement Waste Panels at WIPP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, or the Agency) has approved the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE, or the Department) planned change request to dispose of defense transuranic (TRU) waste in replacement panels 11 and 12 in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). This decision is based on a thorough review of information submitted by DOE, independent technical analyses, and public comments. EPA found that DOE demonstrated that the use of two replacement waste panels to replace lost waste disposal volume in panels 1, 7, and 9, would provide a reasonable expectation of the WIPP remaining in compliance with the 10,000-year release limits set by the "Environmental Standards for the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes" at 40 CFR part 191.
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