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EPA adds Oklahoma’s Fansteel Metals site to National Priorities List

September 13, 2023, 7:01AMRadwaste Solutions

The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it is adding Oklahoma’s Fansteel Metals/FMRI Superfund site to the National Priorities List. The list includes the nation’s most serious uncontrolled or abandoned releases of contamination and serves as the basis for prioritizing EPA Superfund cleanup funding and enforcement actions.

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NRC grants Disa license for novel environmental remediation tech

October 7, 2025, 9:33AMRadwaste Solutions

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a license application submitted by Disa Technologies to use high-pressure slurry ablation (HPSA) technology for remediating abandoned uranium...

Senate EPW Committee to hold Nieh nomination hearing

October 7, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a nomination hearing Wednesday for Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as commission at the Nuclear Regulatory...

Better info could help reduce DOE cleanup costs, GAO report finds

October 3, 2025, 9:31AMRadwaste Solutions

Better information regarding the specific work needed to finish cleaning up contaminated soil and legacy landfills at Department of Energy nuclear sites could help the department better...

Urenco USA gets OK to enrich uranium up to 10 percent

October 2, 2025, 9:35AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized Urenco USA to enrich uranium up to 10 percent U-235 following changes to plant systems and procedures and an operational readiness review. The...

DOE, NRC prepare for government shutdown

October 1, 2025, 12:03PMNuclear News

The Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will furlough thousands of employees and operate at reduced capacity under a government shutdown that started after midnight on...

Andrea Kock to head NRC’s Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Office

October 1, 2025, 7:03AMNuclear News

Andrea Kock was named director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards.Kock was previously the Region I administrator in King of Prussia,...

Connecticut signs agreement with NRC for handling of nuclear material

September 29, 2025, 3:24PMNuclear News

Connecticut has become the 40th state in the union to sign an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that gives the state regulatory authority to manage certain radioactive materials...

Valar Atomics breaks ground in Utah

September 25, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

El Segundo, Calif.–based reactor start-up Valar Atomics recently announced that it has broken ground on its test reactor, the Ward 250, at Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (USREL), becoming the...

Trump and Starmer sign much-anticipated tech deal

September 22, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

Last week saw a wave of U.S. and U.K. nuclear companies and organizations forging new transatlantic ties, with even the American Nuclear Society and the U.K.’s Nuclear Institute reaching a...

NRC’s hybrid AI workshop coming up

September 18, 2025, 7:21AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host a hybrid public workshop on September 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT) to discuss its activities for the safe and secure use of artificial...

EPA adds Oklahoma’s Fansteel Metals site to National Priorities List

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