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Nuclear Cleanup Sites Can Endure Prolonged Use of Skeleton Crews, Sources Say
Federal and industry sources said this week they don’t foresee major environmental or public safety concerns emerging if the current level of reduced staffing at Energy Department nuclear cleanup sites due to COVID-19 lingers for months. Nearly all of the 16 remediation sites overseen by DOE’s Office of Environmental Management have temporarily reduced their workforce inside the fence to anywhere from 10% to 25% of normal levels, based on sources around the complex. Sources said Friday there are nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Environmental Management sites. This includes five confirmed cases at SRS, and one each at Portsmouth and Los Alamos. It was not immediately clear where the other…		 Upcoming Events

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Senate Armed Services Still Aims to Complete NDAA Mark by May
The Senate Armed Services Committee will continue to work toward its goal of completing its version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act markup by the end of May, but remains flexible “because of the uncertainty associated with the…
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Energy Dept. Issues Draft Procurement Notice for Savannah River National Lab Contract
The Energy Department on Thursday issued its draft request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $3.8 billion stand-alone contract for management of the Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina. The facility is currently run through the $14.8 billion contract…
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First Nuclear Power Plants Get Breaks on Federal Work-Hour Limits During Pandemic
By John Stang The Nuclear Regulatory Commission as of Friday had approved three exemptions for nuclear plants to exceed federal limits on work hours to ensure they remain operational during the COVID-19 pandemic. All three facilities are owned by Chicago-based…
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NNSA Production Sites Hunker Down Amid COVID-19 Crisis
All but one of the main Department of Energy nuclear weapons production sites have now hunkered down into minimum mission-critical operations because of COVID-19, keeping only the personnel needed to assemble nuclear weapons and components, maintain key infrastructure, or provide…
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