Decommissioning

DOE IG: Improvements Needed After Delays at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant

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Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
9/26/2014
After numerous issues led to a three-year delay and increased costs at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant, the Department of Energy is taking steps to increase oversight of CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company’s…

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Crews make progress on X-333 demolition at Portsmouth

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Work advances on X-333 demolition at Portsmouth

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Construction starts on SDU-12 at Savannah River Site

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Wrap Up: Holtec pauses IPO amid data center backlash; NRC tackles GTCC; Corps remediates old Fort Belvoir nuke; Paducah endures ‘quake-nado’; Dems seek Project Velocity answers; Kyl dies at 84; more

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DOE finds training shortcomings for H2C maintenance program at Hanford

Although the maintenance program at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site tank farms and liquid waste facilities is satisfactory, there are a couple of issues that demand attention, according to a recent DOE report. The facilities at the complex are overseen… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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BWXT plans Investor Day this month

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DNFSB inspector checks out emergency drill at Hanford

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DOE plans to “modernize” and reduce size of Hanford advisory board

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Subcontractor sought for work at West Valley Demonstration Project

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West Valley workers take down ventilation structure

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Hanford crews work to curb risk at 324 Building

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