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New Mexico could pull plug on WIPP decades sooner than DOE wants
In draft permit materials rolled out Thursday, the state of New Mexico said it could potentially seek closure of the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad a half-century before the feds might like. The New Mexico Environment Department wants to ensure in-state transuranic waste shipments from DOE’s Los Alamos National Laboratory are a priority at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), and says it could require closure of the underground salt mine within 10 years absent an “accurate inventory of all remaining wastes” bound for the WIPP, according to a press release. The DOE Office of Environmental Management has said it envisions running WIPP beyond 2050 and…		 Upcoming Events

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DOE extends deadline for interim storage funding opportunity
Communities interested in receiving federal funding to explore hosting an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel now have through January to apply, the Department of Energy announced this week. The deadline for DOE’s roughly $16 million interim storage funding…
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Design work resumes on Hanford HLW vitrification facility, DNFSB says
Long-idled design work resumed this summer on the high-level waste portion of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. After August workshops, prime…
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RadWaste Monitor
Second round of DOE nuclear credits planned for January ‘23
The Department of Energy is planning to open up its second round of bailouts for economically-troubled nuclear power plants in the new year, an agency spokesperson said this week. DOE is preparing its next round of funding under its roughly…
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Compromise NDAA ratchets up authorized NNSA budget; allows for some B83 retirement
A compromise National Defense Authorization Act approved Thursday by the House would authorize the National Nuclear Security Administration to spend some $880 million more than requested, more than the House or Senate had proposed individually. The House and Senate much…
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