LLW Forum Newsletter, Presentations, Fall Meeting in Reno Oct 9-10

by themidwest | May 1, 2024 | Conferences and Meetings, General Information, Reports and other Publications

The March-April Newsletter is now available! Click here to read _____________________________ Spring Meeting Presentations Available Online Thank you to everyone who attended our Hybrid Spring 2024 LLW Forum Meeting. Presentations can now be viewed online. Click here...

State and Local Government Organizations Seek Pause on Public Comments on Rulemaking Processes

by themidwest | Mar 20, 2020 | Announcements, General Information

March 20, 2020 President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the nation’s states, cities, and counties, we write to request a formal pause, beginning on March 11, for all open public...

NRC to Conduct Public Webinar on July 16 to Discuss Three Mile Island 1 Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Topics

by themidwest | Jul 8, 2019 | Announcements, Conferences and Meetings, General Information

Contact: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will present a webinar for interested members of the public on July 16 regarding the decommissioning of the Three Mile Island 1 nuclear power plant, located in...

Limited Operations Authorized at US Ecology Waste Site Following Explosion

by themidwest | Apr 28, 2019 | General Information

On February 7, 2019, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) authorized US Ecology to restart some operations at a waste facility following a November 2018 explosion that killed one worker and injured eight others. The following day, US Ecology Idaho...

Proto-Prompt Decommissioning Planned for Pilgrim and Palisades Sites

by themidwest | Sep 1, 2018 | Announcements, General Information

On August 1, 2018, an agreement was announced for Entergy Corporation to sell the subsidiaries that own the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan after their shutdowns and reactor defuelings to a...

High Profile Letter Sent to DOE Secretary Rick Perry re National Security Attributes of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants

by themidwest | Aug 20, 2018 | Announcements, General Information

By letter dated June 26, 2018, a broad coalition of 75 former government officials, lawmakers and industry leaders — a quarter of whom are retired admirals or vice admirals — expressed concern to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) Secretary Rick Perry...