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The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 30 November issued a request for information on a consent-based siting process that would be used to identify sites to store US used nuclear fuel.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-relaunches-search-for-used-nuclear-fuel-disposal-site-9293607
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for information to help it create a consent-based approach to siting an interim storage site for US used nuclear fuel. The move represents a re-start of the federal programme after plans for a repository at Yucca Mountain were dropped in 2009.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 02 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USA-relaunches-used-fuel-management-programme
“In many areas continuation of the existing nuclear, as long as it’s environmentally sound and it’s permitted, is going to be absolutely essential” because it will provide time to develop renewable energy into a bigger part of the energy mix, Ms McCarthy said at a Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy virtual event.
The White House is reported to have told lawmakers and stakeholders in recent weeks that it supports taxpayer subsidies to keep nuclear facilities from closing and making it harder to meet US climate goals.
President Joe Biden wants to set the country on a path to decarbonise the energy grid by 2035 and last month set a goal to cut US emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030. That would be roughly a doubling of a previous goal set by former president Barack Obama.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 21 May 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-needed-for-emissions-goals-says-white-house-climate-advisor-5-4-2021
The United States has offered to host the 2022 annual meetings of the Clean Energy and Mission Innovation ministerials, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced today at the Leaders Summit on Climate. These events will bring together the world's key clean energy innovators and market leaders to promote policies and programmes that advance clean energy technology.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 24 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-to-host-2022-Clean-Energy-Ministerial
While the UK remains committed to making the Iran nuclear deal a success, Tehran must stop all activity that breaches the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), and come back into compliance, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during their telephone call yesterday. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly said the Biden Administration is unwilling to compromise further on efforts to encourage Tehran to hold talks with the USA.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-urges-Tehran-to-cease-flouting-nuclear-deal
The Biden Administration opposes the use of Yucca Mountain for the storage of used nuclear fuel and is committed to developing "safe and workable" alternatives, US President Joe Biden's nominee for the position of energy secretary has said. Jennifer Granholm made her remarks at a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to consider her nomination, which was held on 27 January.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 30 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Biden-nominee-confirms-opposition-to-Yucca-Mountai
US President Biden used his Inauguration Day on 20 January to launch a domestic and international response to climate change that reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-to-rejoin-the-paris-agreement-as-biden-announces-policy-changes-8472247
Ms Svinicki has served as a commissioner under three administrations and is the longest serving member of the commission. She was first appointed to the commission by George Bush in 2007, was reappointed in 2012 by Barack Obama, and was designated chairman by Donald Trump on 23 January 2017. Her term would have ended on 30 June 2022.
The NRC is headed by five commissioners appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate for five-year terms. The NRC requires a quorum of at least three commissioners, and no more than three may be from the same political party.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 07 January 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/chairman-kristine-svinicki-to-step-down-after-13-years-1-3-2021
"The US uranium mining industry has the personnel and yellowcake processing plants on standby, and is ready to expand into new areas with discoveries that will provide hundreds of years of available uranium resources from a variety of secure sources," says Michael D. Campbell, chairman of the Uranium (Nuclear & REE) Committee of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). "So let the drilling and processing begin."
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 25 December 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-uranium-miners-ready-to-support-nuclear-power,
US President Donald Trump on 6 February signalled a change of policy on plans to construct a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 February 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstrump-withdraws-support-for-yucca-mountain-7764979