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DOE Balks at Some State Proposals for Hanford Waste
The U.S. Department of Energy wants negotiations to start soon with Washington state and the Environmental Protection Agency over updated plans for radioactive waste stored in 177 underground tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state. At the same time, the Energy Department said in a July 11 letter to Washington state Department of Ecology Nuclear Waste Program Manager Alex Smith that some of the updated milestones sought recently by the state are unrealistic. In particular, the federal agency said the state’s desire to have a plan ready by October 2023 to move liquid waste from 149 single-shell tanks to double-shell tanks at Hanford would force DOE to adopt an… |
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New Org Chart Issued for DOE Environmental Management
The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office on Friday posted its first new organizational chart since April 1, before the June departure of Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Anne Marie White. Following Anne White’s May resignation, reportedly due to strained… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
Acting Head of Corporate Services Named for DOE Cleanup Office
The head of corporate services for the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM), Paul Bosco, has returned to his old job at the agency. Bosco, EM associate principal deputy assistant secretary for corporate services for less than a… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
New DOE Nuclear Energy Chief Suggests Rethinking Spent Fuel Reprocessing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Energy Rita Baranwal said Tuesday she hopes to consider whether reviving long-dormant U.S. recycling of spent nuclear fuel could provide a feasible alternative to the federal government’s current plan to bury… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
SRNS Gets at Least 14 More Months at Savannah River
The Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SNRS) will continue managing the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina for up to three more years, the agency announced Thursday. The contract extension includes a 14-month base worth $1.5 billion,… |
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