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COVID-19 Slows Los Alamos Cleanup Work, WIPP Shipments; Fewer Active at EM
Concerns about the surging COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico led the Department of Energy to reduce on-site staffing and slow certain operations at both the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, according to recent documents published by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.  At Los Alamos, operations are affected for both the National Nuclear Security Administration’s lab-management contractor, Triad National Security, and DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B). Triad’s onsite staffing is at “an absolute minimum” following Thanksgiving, according to a Nov. 27 defense board report. A lab spokesperson said only about 20% of the workforce was inside…		 Upcoming Events

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Nuke Cleanup Sites Could Become Home for New Reactors
Cold War and Manhattan Project locations being cleaned up by the Department of Energy could be viable candidates for new nuclear power plants, a federal official said during an online presentation Wednesday. About a dozen of the 16 nuclear cleanup…
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Ohio Legislature Extends Emergency Session; Partial Repeal of Nuke Bailout Still on Docket
By John Stang The full Ohio House had not voted at deadline on a bill to delay ratepayer-funded subsidies to two financially struggling Ohio nuclear plants as of Friday, though a key committee advanced it this week and prepped it…
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Megabuck Oak Ridge Remediation RFP Hits the Street
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management on Friday issued its final request for proposals for the Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract in Tennessee. The potential $8.3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has an ordering period of 10 years and the…
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NNSA Starts Environmental Review of Surplus Plutonium Disposal Plan
The National Nuclear Security Administration is preparing a final environmental review for its new plutonium disposal program at the Savannah River Site, but not the thorough review a National Academies panel recommended earlier this year, the agency announced Wednesday. The…
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