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DOE Studies 2nd Trial Run of High-level Reinterpretation With Savannah River Waste
For the second time in two years, the Department of Energy is looking at shipping certain radioactive waste, now classified as high-level, from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to a commercial disposal site out of state. The DOE said in a Wednesday press release it will issue a Federal Register notice within days announcing plans for a draft environmental assessment for the commercial disposal of contaminated process equipment from Savannah River Site at commercial sites in either Utah or Texas. A link to the planned Federal Register notice can be found here. In addition, DOE is also a notice to enact what it deems a “limited change” to… |
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Weapons Complex Morning Briefing |
Acting NNSA Chief Bookless Leaving on Inauguration Day
William Bookless will resign as acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration on inauguration day, Jan. 20, setting up career civil servant David Huizenga to shepherd the nuclear-weapons agency through the early days of the Joe Biden administration. Bookless… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
WIPP Prime Chided on Ventilation Project; Shipments Way Down During 2020
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. plans to restart an old ventilation fan soon and was recently criticized by the Department of Energy for poor oversight of a major infrastructure project, according to a recently released scorecard. The… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Former DOE Official Suggests Radwaste Negotiator for Biden Admin
The incoming Biden administration should designate a senior official reporting to the White House to negotiate both long-term and interim radioactive waste storage with Congress, an Obama-era Department of Energy official said this week. “A senior negotiator representing the administration… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
Navy Weighing Need for New Core in its Next Nuclear Warhead
With the National Nuclear Security Administration’s capacity to manufacture new nuclear weapon cores still a question mark, the Navy is studying whether the recently funded W93 submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead needs a brand new plutonium pit, the admiral in charge… |
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