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IWTU begins radioactive waste operations in Idaho
After close to $1.5 billion spent, the long-anticipated Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the Idaho National Laboratory is treating radioactive waste, the Department of Energy said Tuesday. Initially, the Integrated Waste Treatment United (IWTU) will treat a mix of 90% simulant and 10% sodium-bearing liquid waste from tanks at the laboratory’s Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, DOE said in a press release. The IWTU should continue running with this 90/10 blend for about 45 days, DOE has said. Over time the radioactive waste portion of the blend will gradually increase to 50% and eventually becomes 100% sodium-bearing waste based. “Congratulations to the federal and contractor staff who worked so…		 Upcoming Events

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Enviros sue to stop Diablo Canyon extension
An environmentalist group on Tuesday sued the operator of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California, seeking to keep the facility’s recently bailed-out reactors from operating beyond 2025. If it keeps Diablo Canyon open until at least 2030, Pacific Gas…
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BWXT-led team lands biggest prize in nuke-cleanup world: $45B Hanford tanks contract
A team led by BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., won a potentially $10-year, $45-billion liquid-waste cleanup contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, the Department of Energy said Thursday. The winning team, Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, consists of…
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Holtec seeks $300M for Palisades restart from Michigan
Holtec Decommissioning International wants the state of Michigan to provide $300 million to restart the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, a state lawmaker confirmed Tuesday. State Rep. Pauline Wendzel (R), first reported as one of two sources of the information by…
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Savannah River plutonium pit production facility may not be done until 2035
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s new Plutonium Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will not be up and running until 2032 at the earliest, according to the contractor who manages the site.  Stuart MacVean, president and…
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