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Hundreds of thousands of gallons of tank waste ready to be solidified at Hanford, site official says
ARLINGTON, VA — After earlier trouble scrubbing liquid radioactive waste down to levels acceptable for solidification, the Hanford Site has produced more than 550,000 gallons of compliant waste, a federal official said here at an industry gathering. That is the beginning of a batch of roughly 800,000 gallons of compliant waste that the site wants to have ready by this time next year, when the Bechtel National-build Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant is supposed to begin turning some of Hanford’s less radioactive liquid waste into stable, glass-like cylinders using a process DOE calls Direct Feed Low Activity Waste treatment. Matt Irwin, DOE acting assistant manager for the Waste Treatment Plant,… |
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U.S. without strategy for two nuclear peers, STRATCOM commander says
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — The head of the U.S. Strategic Command on Wednesday told a roomful of military personnel to produce the nuclear weapons needed to counter pressure from Russia and China. “We now have two nuclear peers,” Air Force… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
Rep. Wilson’s issues ‘resolved’ by pacemaker, lawmaker says
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who collapsed at an event in Washington last week, got a pacemaker and can return to his duties on Capitol Hill, he said Monday in a video message. “With the pacemaker implant, issues have been now… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Interim storage consortia progress report due in December, DOE official says
ARLINGTON, VA — Groups helping the Department of Energy define both consent and who may give it, when it comes to storage of spent nuclear fuel, will give the agency a progress report in December, an official said here Tuesday… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
China will not stop at “nuclear parity,” and Russia may follow, Air Force deputy chief of staff says
WASHINGTON — Classified intelligence shows China will make more nuclear weapons than the U.S., an Air Force general said here Thursday in a public meeting. “I see a lot of intelligence at a classified level, and I’ve never seen anything… |
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