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HLRWC Comments to NRC on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for Interim Storage Partners CISF application | November 2020

Posted: 14 Dec 2020

The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the draft environmental impact statement that the agency prepared as a part of deciding whether to license Interim Storage Partners’ proposed spent nuclear fuel consolidated interim storage…

HLRWC Comments to NRC on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for Holtec International’s CISF application | September 2020

Posted: 28 Sep 2020

The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the draft Environmental Impact Statement that the agency prepared as a part of deciding whether to license Holtec International’s proposed spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste…

High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee 2020 Policy Paper and amendments to already-approved policy papers | April 2020

Posted: 15 Jun 2020

The HLRWC made another installment to their policy paper repertoire with the approval of Position Paper 2020-1: Transportation Responsibilities Non-Delegable to Private Entities. This paper solidifies the long-time stance of the HLRWC and the Western states that there are certain…

HLRWC Comments to FMCSA on the safe integration of automated driving systems-equipped commercial motor vehicles | July 2019

Posted: 20 Nov 2019

The WIEB HLRWC submitted comments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in response to a Federal Register notice on the regulatory updates that might be necessary in order to incorporate automated driving systems into commercial motor vehicles. In…

HLRWC Comments to NRC on the scope of EIS for Interim Storage Partners LLC’s CISF application | October 2018

Posted: 7 Nov 2018

The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that it must prepare as a part of the licensing process for Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP) proposed spent nuclear…

High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee 2018 Policy Papers | November 2018

Posted: 7 Nov 2018

In 2018, the HLRWC completed and approved four more policy papers, continuing their key initiative of the past few years. In these papers, the HLRWC reached consensus on a broad range of often contentious ideas, a testament to their experience…

HLRWC Comments to NRC on the scope of EIS for Holtec/Eddy-Lea CISF application | July 2018

Posted: 10 Oct 2018

The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that it must prepare as a part of the licensing process for Holtec/Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance’s proposed spent nuclear fuel…

High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee Policy Papers: Introduction | December 2017

Posted: 27 Dec 2017

Since the beginning of nuclear power generation in the United States, there has been the assumption and expectation that at some point in time, spent nuclear fuel (SNF) would be transported from the reactors to a final disposal site. Throughout…

High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee comments on the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management’s Draft Statement of Work for a Transportation Integration Contractor | October 2002

Posted: 1 Oct 2002

The HLRWC submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on its Draft Statement of Work for a Transportation Integration Contractor, which set forth proposed responsibilities for this contractor to assist DOE with the transportation of commercial spent nuclear…

Letter of consensus between the WIEB High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee, the Council of State Governments’ Northeastern High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Task Force, the Southern States Energy Board’s Transuranic Waste Transportation Working Group and Advisory Committee on Radioactive Materials Transportation, and the Council of State Governments’ Midwestern High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee, to the U.S. Department of Energy | March 1998

Posted: 1 Mar 1998

At the Second Joint Meeting of the Regional Radioactive Waste Transportation Committees on December 9-10, 1997, in Las Vegas, Nevada, five of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) regional cooperative-agreement groups – representing over 40 states – reached consensus on…

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