High-Pressure Slurry to Zap Old Uranium Waste Sites
Published Date: 5/12/2025
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Summary
Disa Technologies wants a special license to clean up old uranium mine waste using their cool high-pressure slurry ablation technology. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will review safety info before giving the green light. This affects communities near these sites and could speed up cleanup once approved, with some rules on who can see sensitive info during the process.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
License request to clean up uranium mines
Disa Technologies filed Docket #040-38417 asking for a multi-site service provider license to use its high-pressure slurry ablation (HPSA) technology to remediate abandoned uranium mine (AUM) waste. The NRC will only allow Disa to perform remediation at certain AUM sites after additional site-specific safety and environmental information is provided to and approved by the NRC, which could speed up cleanup at those sites once approved.
Rules for accessing sensitive application information
The license application contains Sensitive Unclassified Non‑Safeguards Information (SUNSI). The NRC issued an order that sets procedures people must follow to obtain access to SUNSI when preparing contentions if they file a hearing request or a petition for leave to intervene.
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