Blasting Uranium Waste: NRC Greenlights High-Pressure Cleanup Tech
Published Date: 9/29/2025
Notice
Summary
The NRC is thinking about giving DISA Technologies a special license to clean up old uranium mine waste using their cool high-pressure slurry ablation technology. This means DISA can fix up certain abandoned mine sites once the NRC checks and approves safety details. No big environmental problems are expected, and this could happen soon without extra costs for the public.
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License to Clean Abandoned Uranium Mines
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering giving DISA Technologies a multi-site service provider license to use high-pressure slurry ablation (HPSA) to clean up abandoned uranium mine waste at certain sites after site-specific safety and environmental details are approved by the NRC. The NRC staff issued a generic environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact, and the notice says the cleanup could proceed without extra costs for the public.
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