Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

DOE Plans to Pursue Separate Defense Waste Disposal Met With Skepticism

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Staff Reports
WC Monitor
5/1/2015
The United States has an opportunity to start disposing of defense nuclear waste sooner and at less cost by abandoning a one-size-fits-all approach, said Mary Louise Wagner, senior adviser to the energy secretary, at a regional…

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At Richland

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DOE Inadvertently Identifies Questioners for Idaho NRC-Licensed Facilities Contract

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Citing Poneman Appointment, Sen. Barrasso Calls for More Transparency on Uranium Transfer Firm

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Local Officials Near DOE Sites Express Concern Over Procurement Policies

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New Mexico and DOE Reach $73 Million Settlement on Los Alamos and WIPP Violations

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DNFSB to Boost Oversight at Several Sites in Response to WIPP Event

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House Approves FY’16 Energy Spending Bill

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Work Suspension at WTP Pretreatment Facility May be Hurting Suppliers

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Regulators Agree to Eight Month Extension on Savannah River Tank Closure

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Contamination Event, Blockage, Delay Idaho RH-Waste Processing

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DOE Submits Implementation Plan for DNFSB Emergency Response Recommendation

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Savannah River Remediation Gets Two-Year Contract Extension

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D&D Work at LBNL’s Old Town Section to Begin Once Document Prep Wraps Up

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

House Armed Services Panel Approves FY16 Defense Authorization Bill

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

South Carolina Enviro. Regulator Appoints Former Duke Energy Exec. as Next Director

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

At River Protection

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At Oak Ridge

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

Wrap Up

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Deep Isolation wins drilling permit to advance borehole pilot project

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Berkeley, Calif.-based Deep Isolation was issued a drilling permit by a Texas state agency for its full-scale, non-nuclear borehole demonstration project in Cameron, Texas, the company said Oct. 1.
The Texas Railroad Commission issued the permit. With this regulatory…

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Industry reps tout nuclear as long-term power solution for AI data centers

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Constellation, Google enter into a long-term nuclear power deal

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Newsom signs two nuclear energy-related bills to advance new nuclear in California

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NWTRB taps Janicke as executive director

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BWXT’s reactor chosen for Canadian microreactor project

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DOE, NASA sign new MOU to continue work on nuclear-powered space research

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MARVEL microreactor inches closer to zero-power criticality after DOE safety approval

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U.S., South Korea advance efforts to build eight large reactors

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