Cleanup & Remediation

DOE Submits Implementation Plan for DNFSB Emergency Response Recommendation

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Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
5/1/2015
The Department of Energy issued late last week its implementation plan for last year’s Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recommendation calling for strengthened emergency preparedness and response capabilities.…

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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

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

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

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

House Approves FY’16 Energy Spending Bill

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Work Suspension at WTP Pretreatment Facility May be Hurting Suppliers

A worker in safety gear inspecting large concrete storage modules built to hold spent nuclear fuel containers.

Regulators Agree to Eight Month Extension on Savannah River Tank Closure

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

Contamination Event, Blockage, Delay Idaho RH-Waste Processing

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Savannah River Remediation Gets Two-Year Contract Extension

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

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

Cooling towers releasing steam clouds at a nuclear power station.

DOE Plans to Pursue Separate Defense Waste Disposal Met With Skepticism

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

At River Protection

Two professionals reviewing and signing a contract document together in an office setting.

At Oak Ridge

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

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