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Government to seek 'alternative' solutions to nuclear waste disposal Aerial view of the northern crest of the Yucca Mountain ridge in Nevada, 2006. Photo courtesy Wikipedia. The administration of US president Donald Trump announced last week its budget call to Congress for fiscal year 2021. Unlike previous years, the $4.8tn proposal included no funding for the development of the national nuclear waste repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada.

According to the budget justification, the Trump administration remains “strongly committed” to fulfil its obligation to manage the US nuclear waste and “will not stand idly given the stalemate on Yucca Mountain.”

However, the document said the standstill around the Yucca Mountain project has “gone on too long.”

The budget said the government wants to begin a process to find alternative solutions and engage states in “developing an actionable path forward”.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/trump-administration-drops-funding-for-nevada-repository-in-2021-fiscal-plans-2-2-2020

US president Donald Trump has requested a budget of $35.4bn for the Department of Energy (DOE) in fiscal year 2021, including “a record” $1.36bn for the Office of Nuclear Energy (ONE) with a focus on developing advanced reactors and creating a new reserve for domestically produced uranium.

The ONE said in a statement that its R&D funding request for 2021 is $1.18bn, a figure 43% higher than the $824m sought in 2020. The statement said this is the largest budget figure ever asked by the ONE and is a sign the office recognises the need to bring new reactors to market.

The R&D request includes nearly $400m to support the development of new reactors and fuels and $295m for forwarding the construction of DOE’s proposed Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), the ONE said.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/doe-nuclear-office-asking-for-record-usd1-36bn-with-focus-on-research-2-2-2020

President tweets on commitment to find "lasting solutions" through "innovative approaches" Image courtesy Michael Vadon / Wikipedia. US president Donald Trump has indicated that his government might be backing off from plans to support the long-delayed Yucca Mountain deep geological repository project in Nevada.

In a tweet on his official profile, president Trump said his administration is committed to “exploring innovative approaches” since Congress and previous administrations have been failing to “find lasting solutions.”

“Nevada, I hear you on Yucca Mountain and my Administration will respect you,” Trump tweeted on Thursday. “Congress and previous Administrations have long failed to find lasting solutions – my Administration is committed to exploring innovative approaches – I’m confident we can get it done!”

Democratic Nevada senator Catherine Cortez-Masto responded in a tweet that she would be “looking forward” to working with the president on “this critical issue for Nevada” by ensuring federal budget does not allow funding for restarting the project.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Saturday, 08 February 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/trump-signals-reversal-of-support-for-repository-project-2-5-2020

Innovation has always been at the heart of the nuclear power industry and its future depends on this commitment to technological advancement in both large and small reactor designs. This was the message of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) General Ministerial Conference held in Washington DC last week.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Conference-Advancing-the-rebirth-of-nuclear-power

The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) on 7 November welcomed the release of "A Call to Action: A Canadian Roadmap for Small Modular Reactors," the result of a pan-Canadian, multi-stakeholder study launched in early 2018.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Monday, 12 November 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadian-nuclear-association-welcomes-smr-roadmap-6847402

13 Feb (NucNet): The White House has pledged $120m (€97m) of funding in its 2019 federal budget proposal for the planned Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in Nevada, the US Department of Energy (DOE) said in a statement.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-government-proposes-120m-funding-for-yucca-mountain-in-2019-budget


Disposal of US weapons-grade plutonium in a repository would be more economical than through the continued construction and operation of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) being built at the Department of Energy's Savannah River site in South Carolina. This is the conclusion of the Red Team, headed by Thom Mason, director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory set up by US Department of Energy (DOE) in June to review "plutonium disposition options and make recommendations".

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Monday, 24 August 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-rules-out-mox-plant-4653653