Decommissioning

House Bill Supports New D&D Project at SEFOR in Arkansas

By Photo of Mike Nartker

Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
4/24/2015
A new pilot project to decommission the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor (SEFOR) in Arkansas would be launched in Fiscal Year 2016 under the House Appropriations Committee’s version of the FY 2016 Energy and…

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At River Protection

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DOE Would Move Forward on Mercury Storage Site Under House Bill

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Operations Remain Down at Portsmouth DUF6 Plant in Wake of Accident

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Local Officials Express Support for New Head of WIPP Contractor NWP

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House FY16 Spending Bill Could Impact DOE’s Plan to Begin Hanford Waste Treatment in 2022

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House Bill Would Boost Funding at Most Cleanup Sites, Makes WIPP Recovery a Priority

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Lawmakers Want Plan for Transferring Excess NNSA Facilities to DOE Cleanup Program

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

House Lawmakers Want Greater Role for DNFSB Members in Approving Senior Staff

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Lawmakers May Hold Hearing on Poneman’s Appointment to Centrus

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If DOE Doesn’t Limit Uranium Transfers, Congress May Take Up Legislation

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NMED Hopes to Soon Reach Agreement with DOE on Fines

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Richland

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

At Oak Ridge

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

At Idaho

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