Nuclear News Roundup Dec 31, 2018 New Mexico environmental regulators have approved a permit change that could ultimately allow for more waste to be placed at the U.S. government's only underground nuclear waste repository. Miamiherals.com Utility crews extinguished a fire at a nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska over the weekend. Desmoinesregister.com The International Atomic Energy Agency has handed the final report over to Nigeria's Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu related to the country's preparedness to purchase and operate a second research-oriented nuclear reactor, which is expected to be larger than the one already operating in the country. Nuclearstreet.com The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it had renewed the operating license of the River Bend Nuclear Generating Station for an additional 20 years, allowing the plant to operate through Aug. 29, 2045. Nuclearstreet.com
