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Nuclear Fusion: A Policy Brief | February 2025

Posted: 6 Aug at 1:21 pm

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and all stars in which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one, releases vast amounts of energy, and it has long dangled the promise of being able to tap…

WIPP TAG comments on the Legacy TRU Waste Disposal Plan | January 2025

Posted: 12 Feb at 2:31 pm

WIEB’s WIPP TAG submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office (DOE-CBFO) on the Legacy TRU (transuranic) Waste Disposal Plan, a document that DOE-CBFO put together in response to a condition submitted by the New Mexico Environment…

HLRWC Response to DOE on their Request for Information on a Package Performance Demonstration | October 2024

Posted: 12 Feb at 2:29 pm

The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted a response to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) in response to their Request for Information on a spent nuclear fuel transportation Package Performance Demonstration. The HLRW Committee answered seven of…

HLRWC Comments to DOE, WA State Dept of Ecology, and EPA on the Hanford Holistic Agreement | September 2024

Posted: October 7, 2024

The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington State Department of Ecology, and the Environmental Protection Agency on the Hanford Holistic Agreement, the result of two years of federally mediated negotiations between the three…

HLRWC Comments to DOE on the Revised Draft Railcar Safety Inspection Protocol | February 2022

Posted: March 1, 2022

The WIEB HLRW Committee submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy’s on the Revised Draft Railcar Safety Inspection Protocol. In the comments the WIEB HLRW Committee recommends two additional components to be considered: 1) the…

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

Posted: December 14, 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: September 28, 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: June 15, 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: November 20, 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: November 7, 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…

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