Transuranic Waste

As New Mexico Levies $54 Million Penalty, DOE Examining Path Forward

By Photo of Mike Nartker

Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
12/12/2014
After New Mexico levied $54.3 million in fines for violations this year at Los Alamos and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and warned of potentially even larger fines down the road, the Department of Energy is examining its…

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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DNFSB Drops to Bottom of 2014 List of Best ‘Small’ Federal Agencies to Work

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Final FY15 Appropriations Bill Would Boost Cleanup Funds at Most Sites

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DOE Drops Cost Cap Plans for New Idaho Cleanup Contract

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Senator Drops Hold on EM-1 Nominee, But Confirmation Schedule Still Uncertain

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Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Takes Major Step Forward in Startup Process

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Lengthy Dispute Over Small DOE Support Contract May Now Be Over

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DOE Gearing Up For Procurement for New DUF6 Operations Contract

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DOE Seeks Companies Interested in Scope Planning Work for Los Alamos Transition

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DOE Issues Final RFP for Portsmouth Support Services

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New Determination on DOE Uranium Transfers In the Works, Department Seeks Input

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After Challenge, DOE Suspends LANL Natural Resources Damage Assessment Procurement

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Washington State Proposal for Hanford Cleanup Would Cost $18B, Fed. Government Says

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Rep. Fleischmann Takes Helm of Congressional Nuclear Cleanup Caucus

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At River Protection

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At Idaho

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At Richland

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