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Criticized LANL Cost Estimate Made Public

By Photo of Dan Leone

The city of Santa Fe, N.M., on Sept. 16 made public a Department of Energy report that says it will take about 20 years and cost up to $4 billion for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management to clean up some 5,000 cubic meters of Cold War-era nuclear waste at…

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Congress Punts FY 2017 Budget Vote to Next Week

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Portsmouth Contractor Confident Congress Will Avert $80M Shortfall for D&D Work

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DOE Drops Long-Awaited Solicitation for Next LANL Cleanup Contract

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LANL Cleanup Agreement a Model for the Complex, DOE Says

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Vapor Protections Could Extend Hanford Waste Tank Emptying Schedule

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Hanford Contractor Nearly Finishes Emptying Tanks in C Farm

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Company Ordered to Pay Hanford Whistleblowers $216,080

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WTP Power Station Online, Bechtel Says

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State Filing in MOX Lawsuit Points to WIPP Timeline

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Hearing Scheduled on SRNS Motion to Dismiss Overcharging Lawsuit

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Assessment: SRS Properly Maintaining Radiation Limits at Waste Facilities

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DNFSB Staffs Up, Replaces Top Lawyer, and Adds CIO

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Centrus Gets Contract for One More Year of American Centrifuge Work

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At WIPP: New Mexico Eases Airflow Restrictions

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