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Most DOE Nuclear Cleanup Sites Entering Phase 1 of Operations Ramp-Up
Starting Monday, more than half of the Energy Department’s nuclear cleanup sites will be in Phase 1 of a gradual return to normal operations that have been effectively suspended since March during the COVID-19 pandemic. Environmental remediation operations at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, the Paducah Site in Kentucky, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico start recalling limited numbers of key staff to the worksite Monday, the DOE Office of Environmental Management said Friday. Earlier in the week, the cleanup office said the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and the Sandia National Laboratories, both in New Mexico, were recalling workers for Phase 1 of restart. The Hanford Site…		 Upcoming Events

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Energy Dept. Considers COVID-19 Impact on Cleanup Milestones
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management will cut contractors some slack when it comes to work deadlines missed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a policy that became official last week. The Energy Department “will continue to evaluate…
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COVID-19 Infections Rise to 23 at Savannah River Site
The Energy Department’s Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina as of Friday has confirmed 23 cases of COVID-19 among its workforce. That is up from 22 reported at the end of last week. Sixteen of those employees have recovered…
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Groups Debate Potential Restart of NRC Rulemaking on Spent Fuel Reprocessing
Organizations with drastically different views on the value and future of nuclear power are debating whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should revive a moribund update to regulations for recycling of spent reactor fuel. Staff at the NRC expect early next…
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NNSA Reports 10 More COVID-19 Cases This Week
Due “in part to a discrepancy in one site’s data,” the number of active COVID-19 cases among the National Nuclear Security Administration’s network of facilities rose to 33 this week from 23 a week ago, an agency spokesperson said Friday.…
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