by themidwest | May 24, 2018 | Announcements
On May 24, 2018, by a voice vote during an evening session, the U.S. Senate approved en banc the confirmations of all three outstanding nominees to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) including: Annie Caputo, a nuclear policy adviser to Senate Environment and...
by themidwest | Aug 24, 2017 | General Information, Meetings
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved further actions related to its review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) application for authorization to construct a high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. In particular,...
by themidwest | Jun 27, 2017 | Budget
On May 23, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released the agency’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 as presented to Congress. The agency is proposing an FY 2018 budget of $952 million, including the Office of the Inspector General—a request nearly $45...
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...
by themidwest | May 20, 2016 | Reports and other Publications
In early May 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published the staff’s final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) supplement on a proposed permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The...
