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DOE Idaho, Savannah River Waste Projects Largely Frozen by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily halted most physical work on major waste projects scheduled to come online this year at the Energy Department’s Idaho National Laboratory and Savannah River Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Reductions in on-site staffing triggered by DOE efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus have suspended virtually all physical work by Fluor Idaho on the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, a state official said this week. Meanwhile, records indicate a similar situation with a salt waste disposal unit being built at Savannah River. With nearly all DOE cleanup sites shrinking their on-site staffing to bare bones levels for over a month now, the opening of…		 Upcoming Events

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NRC Staff Backs Licensing for Second Spent-Fuel Storage Site
Staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has offered initial support for licensing a facility in West Texas for temporary storage of spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The recommendation is included in a draft version of the environmental impact statement…
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13th COVID-19 Case Confirmed at Savannah River Site
The Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina on Thursday confirmed two more cases of COVID-19, bringing its total to 13 of the 20 known instances of infection among personnel working at sites overseen by the agency's Office of…
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Indian Point Reactor Retired, Putting Plant 1 Year From Full Shutdown
By John Stang Entergy on Thursday retired reactor Unit 2 at the Indian Point Energy Center in upstate New York, leaving just one of the site’s three reactors online. Unit 3 is scheduled to close on April 30, 2021. “Over…
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NNSA Orders 225K China-Made Respirator Masks From Small Biz
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Monday it had issued a roughly $240,000 fixed-price contract to a small business in Georgia to provide almost a quarter-million, Chinese-made, KN95-style respirator masks for its contractor and federal employees. “This order is to…
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