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IWTU start-up resumes in Idaho after December delay
The Department of Energy and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory this week resumed warming up a major facility to treat sodium-bearing radioactive waste, an agency spokesperson said. “Warmup resumed earlier this week,” the DOE spokesperson said in response to an Exchange Monitor inquiry. The agency has said previously the heat-up should take about 10 days, which would point to operational startup around the end of next week. Jacobs-led Idaho Environmental Coalition completed “minor repairs” to the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) and “resumed the heat-up process in anticipation of beginning radiological operations this winter,” a DOE spokesperson said via email Thursday. Repairs to valves within the facility’s…		 Upcoming Events

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‘Scientific basis’ needed for 100-year nuclear plant lifetimes, Huff says
The U.S. should develop a series of scientific criteria that can be used to extend the operating lifetimes of nuclear power plants through the middle of the century, the Department of Energy’s lead nuclear power official said this week. “If…
Weapons Complex Monitor
Glass-making at Hanford could continue through 2080s, DOE analysis estimates
By John Stang Hanford might not finish solidifying its most radioactive tank wastes until 2062 to 2084, according to a U.S. Department of Energy report released Thursday. Right now, Hanford’s legal deadline is 2052 to solidify the 56 million gallons…
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RadWaste Monitor
New Mexico legislature again aiming to block Holtec CISF
The New Mexico legislature will again try to legally prohibit Holtec International from building an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the state, according to a bill filed this week. The legislation, introduced Wednesday by state Sen. Jeff…
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Major NNSA plutonium-disposal program sends out first shipment for burial
In a demonstration of its largest domestic program to reduce stocks of weaponizable nuclear material, the National Nuclear Security Administration in December shipped deweaponized plutonium out of South Carolina for permanent disposal, the agency said recently. It was a proof-of-concept…
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