Cleanup & Remediation

DNFSB Acting General Counsel Placed on Administrative Leave

By Photo of Mike Nartker

Todd Jacobson
WC Monitor
4/3/2015
Richard Reback, the acting general counsel of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, was placed on administrative leave last month after the Department of Energy revoked his security clearance, WC Monitor has learned. DOE’s…

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House Oversight Committee To Probe into Former DOE Dep. Secretary’s Appointment at Centrus

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DOE Now Projects Idaho Waste Facility in Full Operation by Fall 2016

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More Details Emerge of B&W’s Spin-Off of Nuclear Businesses

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Los Alamos Moves to Lay Off Transuranic Waste Workers

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National TRU Program Kicks Off Generator Site Reviews in Response to WIPP Incident

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Connery, Hamilton Emerge as Top Candidates to Fill DNFSB Slots

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DOE Reconsidering Plans for Covert WIPP Security Review After Being Made Public

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As DOE Moves to Defense-Only Repository, West Valley Canisters Could be Left Behind

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Portage Sees Significant Drop in Fee for FY 2014 at Moab

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Savannah River 235-F Risk Reduction Work Would Be Put on Hold in FY‘16

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DOE Finalizes First Part of Oak Ridge Sludge Facility Design Contract With CH2M Hill

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Draft RFP for New DUF6 Operations Contract Available for Comment

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DOE Issues Final RFP for Idaho NRC-Licensed Facilities Contract

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Final RFP for West Valley Assessment Contract Released

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Local Officials Urge DOE to Establish Program to Aid Communities Impacted by Budget Cuts

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On WIPP

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At River Protection

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At Portsmouth

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