Final EIS Issued for Proposed Northwest Medical Isotopes Facility

by themidwest | Jun 17, 2017 | Reports and other Publications

On May 16, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published its final environmental impact statement on a medical radioisotope production facility proposed for Columbia, Missouri.  The study recommends that, barring the identification of any safety issues...

NRC to Review WCS Application re Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility

by themidwest | Jan 27, 2017 | Comment Seeking, Conferences and Meetings, Licenses

On January 26, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that the agency has docketed and accepted for formal review an application from Waste Control Specialists (WCS) to build and operate a spent nuclear fuel Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF)...

Scoping Effort Initiated re Environmental Review of Proposed WCS Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility

by themidwest | Nov 20, 2016 | Comment Seeking

On November 14, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that the agency is seeking comments from the public on the issues to be covered in the environmental review of an application from Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) to construct and operate...

NRC Makes Yucca Mountain Hearing Documents Publicly Available

by themidwest | Sep 1, 2016 | Reports and other Publications

By press release dated August 19, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that the agency has made nearly 3.7 million documents from the adjudicatory hearing on the proposed nuclear waste repository at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain publicly available in...