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• DOE to File for Yucca Mountain License this June

  According to Energy Secretary Bodman, it looks like the DOE is still on track to submit Yucca's license application to the NRC early next month . Read More... Posted May 23 2008, 07:40 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Yucca, DOE, NRC

• Energy Secretary Bodman on Biofuels

  U.S. DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman spoke at DOE's Biomass Conference on April 18. In his prepared remarks the Secretary acknowledged concerns about corn-based ethanol and the importance of developing the "next generation" of ethanol made from biomass products that are outside the food chain: In all areas of our research and development, the impact on our global environment – including the... Posted Apr 21 2008, 04:20 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: DOE

• DOE to File Yucca Mountain License Application in June, Official Says

  The Department of Energy expects to file a license application in June for construction of the Yucca Mountain used fuel repository, the program’s director said last week. Edward Sproat, director of DOE’s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Office, said that he could not predict an operational date for the Nevada repository until Congress remedies the funding profile for the facility. Lawmakers... Posted Mar 14 2008, 02:42 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Yucca, DOE

• NEI Applauds DOE Budget Request

  NEI said in a statment it was generally satisfied with the Energy Department's budget request for fiscal 2009 announced yesterday. The DOE request would increase funding by 79 percent next year for Nuclear Power 2010, a program aimed at helping companies build new nuclear power plants in the United States. Nuclear Energy Institute President and Chief Executive Officer Frank L. (Skip) Bowman said... Posted Feb 05 2008, 04:43 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: DOE, NEI, Energy Budget

• Report: Energy Considering Recycling Fuel from Closed Reactors

  From Energy Daily (Subscription Only): In next year's budget request, the Energy Department is planning to ask Congress for authority to take title to spent nuclear fuel stockpiled at closed U.S. nuclear plants and to reprocess it, most likely in France, sources tell The Energy Daily. DOE officials in recent years have resisted congressional pressure to move spent fuel stockpiled at U.S. reactors... Posted Nov 07 2007, 12:57 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: DOE, Fuel Recycling

• DOE Certifies License Support Network for Yucca Mountain

  Today the Department of Energy certified the public availability of documentary material relevant to the Yucca Mountain licensing process on NRC 's Licensing Support Network (LSN). With its launch, DOE in accordance with NRC regulations, may submit a Yucca Mountain license application as soon as six months from now (mid April). According to my colleagues here at the office, NEI intends to participate... Posted Oct 19 2007, 03:01 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Yucca, DOE

• DOE Issues Final Regs For Loan Guarantee Program

  From DOE: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued the final regulations for the loan guarantee program authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). DOE’s action today will pave the way for federal support of clean energy projects using innovative technologies and will spur further investment in these advanced energy technologies... Posted Oct 04 2007, 02:22 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Loan Guarantees, DOE