Cleanup & Remediation

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DOE, Regulators in Dispute Over Planned Mercury Treatment Facility
WC Monitor
3/27/2015
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Environmental Protection Agency are in dispute with the Department of Energy over the design of the proposed…

In This Issue

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DOE De-Comingles Defense and Commercial Waste

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WIPP Release Technical Assistance Team Unable to Determine Cause With ‘Absolute Certainty’

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As EM Moves Away From M&O Contracts, Savannah River Chief Still ‘A Fan’

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DOE Gearing Up to Extend Current Idaho Cleanup Contracts

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With Uranium Prices Up, ‘Life is Good at Portsmouth,’ FBP Chief Says

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Senators Press Moniz About Hanford Cleanup and New Mexico Fines

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Sen. Feinstein Raises Questions About Former Deputy Energy Secretary’s New Post at Centrus

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WIPP Fee Coming Out ‘ Soon,’ Will Be Impacted by 2014 Incidents, DOE Official Says

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DOE-South Carolina Dispute on Savannah River Tank Milestone Reaches Next Level

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LATA Kentucky Earns 83 Percent of FY14 Award Fee for Paducah Cleanup

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GAO: DOE Needs to Improve Cost Estimates for Los Alamos TRU Waste Projects

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DNFSB Uncovers Issues with DOE Radioactive Waste Packaging Software

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

A worker in safety gear inspecting large concrete storage modules built to hold spent nuclear fuel containers.

At River Protection

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Richland

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At Paducah

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

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