DOE EXTENDS PROPOSAL DEADLINE FOR NEW WIPP LOADING CONTRACT

Companies interested in the Department of Energy’s new contract to provide mobile loading services for transuranic waste at various generator sites now have an extra week to prepare their bids, with the proposal deadline moved to May 17 from May 10. The extension,…

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SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

The Department of Energy has sent its first shipment of remote-handled transuranic waste since 2009 from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) using a new shipping container. Remote-handled waste is more radioactive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]