Transuranic Waste

Idaho Reviewing Fluor Plan to Resume Sludge Repackaging at Drum Burst Site

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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing Fluor Idaho’s plan to restart sludge waste repackaging at the site where four drums of radioactive waste overheated and blew off their lids at the Energy Department’s Idaho National Laboratory a year…

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NNSA Starts Review of Dilute-and-Dispose Plan for WIPP

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EPA Recertification Sought for WIPP Through 2024

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DOE Cleanup Office Has New Chief of Staff

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Triad Seeks Bids for Pit Waste Treatment

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Oak Ridge Contractor to Tighten Audits After Subcontractor Fraud, DOE IG Says

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Reopened Los Alamos Facility Makes First TRU Shipment to WIPP since 2014

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West Valley Main Process Building Demo Stays in Current Contract

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Bechtel Vice President Calls it a Career

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Hanford Contractor Seeks Dismissal of Firefighter Overtime Suit

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

Without Spending Caps Deal, Uncertainty Lingers on DOE Budget Details

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Energy Department IG Looking at Los Alamos Communities Group

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

EnergySolutions Completes On-Site Cleanup of Ark. Reactor

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

Honeywell 1Q Revenue Drops 15% on Spinoffs

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Senate Bill Would Strengthen Independence of Federal Advisory Committees

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Wrap Up: North Wind Group Names Information Chief

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