EDITORIAL: One Year After WIPP Incidents, Where is the Congressional Oversight?

Feb. 14 will mark the one-year anniversary of the radiation release that has shut down the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and brought the Department of Energy’s once-successful national transuranic waste program to a sudden, devastating halt with no clear end…

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IG: DOE Should Develop Risk-Based Plan for Contractor Cost Audits

Lawmakers Question Proposed Cuts for Portsmouth, Paducah

New Mexico Preparing Over $100 Million in Additional Penalties for Los Alamos Violations

INTERVIEW: House E&W Approps. Subcommittee Chair Mike Simpson

One Year After Radiological Release, Hurdles Remain for Reopening WIPP

Release of Final RFP for New Idaho Contract Could Slip as DOE Addresses Concerns

Draft RFP For New Los Alamos Cleanup Contract Anticipated to Come Out This Summer

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GAO Keeps EM, NNSA, On 2015 ‘High-Risk’ List

After EVMS System Revoked, SRNS Says it Has Corrected Issues

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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New Mexico Congressional Dems land $10M for WIPP road

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EM boss Walsh upbeat on reaching WIPP deal soon with New Mexico

WIPP prepares to spend six months offline in 2027

Wrap up: NNSA removes cesium from Vermont; HII wins CVN 82 contract; WIPP down for maintenance half of 2027 and more; Obituary

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WIPP prepares for six months offline in 2027

Walsh touts EM rebranding, defends AI, cites WIPP talks

SRS resumes sending remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

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Feds environmental document cites need for TRU disposal into 2080s

DOE makes Toothman Carlsbad deputy manager

DOE, contractor certifying waste for trip to WIPP

DOE, contractor certifying waste for shipment to WIPP

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