High-Level & Tank Waste

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DOE Considering Request for WTP LAW Facility Design Change 
WC Monitor
9/5/2014
In a decision that could have significant schedule impacts for one of the main facilities to make up the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, the Department of Energy is considering…

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Despite ‘Significant Progress,’ No Timeline Yet For Resolution of U-233 Issue, Nev. Official Says

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New Mexico Rolls Out Its Conditions for WIPP Restart

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Is Rebid Of Portsmouth D&D Contract In The Works?

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NMED Comes Down on Los Alamos in WIPP Response, Warning of ‘Significant Penalties’

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DOE Looks to Release Final RFP for New Oak Ridge TWPC Contract In the Next Month

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DNFSB Issues Recommendation to Strengthen DOE Emergency Response Capabilities

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NNSA Asks Bidders on New Nevada Environmental Contract to Extend Proposals

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DOE Modifies Idaho Treatment Group’s Contract in Response to WIPP Shutdown

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DOE Informs Idaho Regulators IWTU Won’t Meet 2014 Commitment

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Regulators Reject DOE’s Request to Extend Savannah River Tank Closure Dates

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AECOM, URS Outline Post-Acquisition Management Structure

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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At Richland

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

At Oak Ridge

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

At Savannah River

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

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