Reactor Licensing & Regulation

Groups Urge Granholm to Set Up Special Nuclear Waste Office

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The Nuclear Energy Institute, the Energy Communities Alliance and six other groups Monday urged Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to set up a Nuclear Waste Management office to oversee both civilian- and defense-nuclear waste.
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Granholm Backs Oak Ridge Landfill, Hears Portsmouth Contamination Concerns in Budget Hearing

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Weekly EM COVID-19 Cases Decline But Hanford Not Letting Down Guard

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Seeking to Stay on at Paducah, Swift & Staley Takes Small Biz Case to Claims Court

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BWXT Confirms Pursuit of Big DOE Management Pacts on Earnings Call

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Fluor Brings in Less Revenue During Q1 But Government Contracting a Bright Spot

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Draft RFP for Savannah River Management Includes Plan for New Emergency Ops Center

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Court Filing Pulls Back Curtain Slightly on Mediated Hanford Talks Between State, Feds

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Case Closed Between Justice Department, Mission Support Alliance

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May Could Prove Busy Month for DOE Procurement

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Inspector General Likens Cooperative Audits at DOE to ‘Fox-Guarding-the-Henhouse’

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Wrap Up: Test Reactor Planned at Oak Ridge, DOE Updates Los Alamos Plume

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