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- DOE listening to development offers on Hanford land
- Invites go out to new HAB appointees; Nevada advisory board going away?
- WIPP representatives outline plans for nearly six-month outage in 2027
- Senate Appropriations to have many new faces in January
- Wilson wins S.C. recount, edging out young Democratic rival
- Feds break ground on SRS office center
- Yucca Mtn. revision bill might wait until new Congress, Fleischmann says
- Editor’s note: Did you get the email?
- Wrap Up: House passes nuclear bills; Prow picked as new APTIM CEO; GAO blog focuses on land transfers; more
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- Dems blue wave felt across DOE installations, but many GOP lawmakers return
- Dems takeover will result in new House, Senate committee chairs
- Fluor reports 3Q earnings, cites government, commercial nuclear work
- Santa Susana watchdog criticizes DOE cleanup approach, seeks timeline
- Livermore management plans to tear down third of lab footprint
- BWXT enjoys strong 3Q thanks to Janus and other contracts
- Centrus reports mixed results as HALEU market takes shape
- Huck becomes NNSA Savannah River field office manager
- X-energy brings Fluor onboard for Cascade SMR project at Hanford Site
- Wrap Up: Urenco makes LEU-plus; AtkinsRéalis becomes 100% owner of David Evans; more
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- Fire put out, emergency lifted Wednesday night at Savannah River National Lab
- Redevelopment becomes expanded part of DOE EM’s future, Walsh says
- EM panel provides update on AI data center development at federal sites
- Walsh: New Mexico, WIPP deal getting closer
- TSCR has big run in September, pretreating 222,000 gallons
- WIPP batteries earmarked for NIOSH mine fire research
- DOE still working on new Hanford Advisory Board
- As Walsh completes first year; EM cites cleanup, revitalization work
- Nuclear contractors hold earnings calls in early November
- Wrap Up: GAO studies smaller NNSA staff; NRC advances EIS for Paducah enrichment; WIPP public meeting set; obituary; much more
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- GAO urges clearer standards for DOE land transfers
- EM’s Walsh envisions growing reactor fleet in South Carolina, including SRS
- European company, Newcleco, pushes for new MOX facility
- WIPP experienced two ‘near misses’ in August, DNFSB says
- Army Corps marks major soil cleanup in Maywood, N.J.
- NNSA sets $23.5 billion baseline for SRS plutonium pits main building
- Centrus buys manufacturing outfit in $116 million deal
- Wrap Up: Westinghouse to expand S.C. fuel plant; Kentucky shops for nuclear interest; Colton joining DOE; Kiewit expands Knoxville office; more
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- Key House, Senate races in DOE nuclear cleanup complex
- Hanford vit plant turns 250K gallons of liquid waste into glass
- DOE hits 20% of DUF6 conversion at Portsmouth
- WIPP received 53 TRU waste shipments in September
- Fusion company inks deal with Hanford area development group
- Exchange Monitor updates online look, newsletter brands
- Wrap Up: Public comment extended on Hanford state permit; Urenco completes cascade; DOE doing science solicitation at Oak Ridge; more
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- DOE employee faces prosecution for helping terror group; Hanford not targeted
- Hanford 222-S lab final RFP could be out soon; 26 attended industry day
- Idaho cleanup boss ‘acting’ no more
- New Mexico Congressional Dems tout $10M for WIPP road
- NWTRB taps Janicke as executive director
- Equipment delivery moves Savannah River pit production training facility forward
- Nuclear movie buffs can view Atomic Energy Commission footage
- Wrap Up: Amentum opens HQ in Oak Ridge; Hanford’s old water plant demo starts; Deep Isolation gets Texas permit; more
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- BWXT sees billions in potential defense-fuel work as U.S. rebuilds enrichment
- Hanford prepares to begin retrieval from 25th single-shell tank
- EM-LA pursues chromium-plume work despite dispute over interim system
- Savannah River SWPF on track to treat 6 million gallons annually
- DOE contractors recover equipment from Y-12 legacy facility ahead of demolition
- DNFSB flags safety-basis implementation problems at SRNL
- WIR, state comment period address some of grout issues at Hanford
- Amentum JV picked as ‘preferred supplier’ for UK Sellafield project
- Wrap up: EM removes uranium mill tailings near Moab; SRPPF new gloveboxes; Holtec pauses fuel loading at Palisades
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- Certain EM procurements being paused, DOE official says
- Savannah River contractors talk liquid waste, pit facility updates
- Hanford boss wants to quicken pace on tank waste
- DOE could announce fuel recycling demo winners soon, Walsh says
- Savannah River Site poised to resume uranium recovery
- DOE looks to renew deal with Nye County Sheriff’s office
- TSCR resumes ops after months offline
- Crews make progress on X-333 demolition at Portsmouth
- DOE gauges vendor interest in recovering critical materials from cleanup sites
- Wrap Up: Construction starts on SDU-12 at SRS: Oak Ridge Science office seeks security support; Bechtel, developer alter plans for Wyo. reactor; more
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- Walsh touts EM rebranding and AI, nuclear-related investment
- EM boss Walsh upbeat on reaching WIPP deal soon with New Mexico
- Fleischmann looks for 2027 E&W to pass during lame duck session
- WIPP takes in 29 TRU waste shipments during August
- WIPP prepares to spend six months offline in 2027
- AI, data centers dominate much of Cleanup Workshop
- Smaller EM could soon hire more people
- Savannah River Site growth might need 17,000 new homes
- Savannah River Site shifts from cleanup toward broader nuclear missions
- Currently in outage, IWTU has solidified more than 400K gallons
- Wrap Up: Holtec pauses IPO amid data center backlash; NRC tackles GTCC; Corps remediates old Fort Belvoir nuke; Paducah endures ‘quake-nado’; Dems seek Project Velocity answers; Kyl dies at 84; more
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- DOE review looks at Hanford glass-making plant
- DOE cites training shortcomings for H2C maintenance program at Hanford
- Mexican national sentenced for impersonating SRS worker
- 25 years ago, DOE, NRC reacted to Sept. 11 attacks
- SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP
- DNFSB resident inspector checks out emergency drill at Hanford
- N3B drills borehole for chromium plume monitoring well
- Groups seek NEPA review of plan to issue surplus plutonium to private companies
- Wrap Up: West Va. in mix for nuclear hub; DNFSB manager takes ethics job; BWXT plans Investor Day; more
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- Following DOE cuts, HAB would be more like other EM panels
- Special adviser Murray expected to retire from DOE
- Trump signs stopgap funding bill, shutdown averted for now
- GAO finds gaps in EM oversight of contractor performance
- National labs, NNSA using uranium oxide from DUF6 operations
- Mikolanis to exit NNSA Savannah River for Los Alamos field office
- WIPP transportation RFI responses now due Sept. 10
- Hanford Site community added to state wildfire assistance program
- Perma-Fix records loss in 2026 second quarter
- Wrap Up: Blue state AGs oppose NRC rule changes; Los Alamos could get more ammo storage; Palisades fuel loading starts; AtkinsRéalis gets Canadian VP
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- DOE plans to shrink Hanford board; state blasts move
- North Wind CEO dies, contractor appoints interim chief
- Feds environmental document cites need for TRU disposal into 2080s
- DOE, contractor certifying waste for trip to WIPP
- BWXT taps new VP to oversee both nuclear power, security issues
- DOE makes Toothman Carlsbad deputy manager
- Latest jumbo salt waste storage unit coming online at SRS
- DOE offices prep for cross-country research cask shipment in 2027
- Carlsbad, other Western DOE sites endure hot weather
- Efforts to eliminate DOE overpayments OK, but could be better, OIG says
- Earnings rise, revenue down at Amentum
- Wrap Up: East Tennessee nuke workforce program underway; Darline Graham wins S.C. GOP runoff; Congressman mourns Dolly
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- WIPP resumes operations after hoist failures as DOE, New Mexico talk
- Four Rivers Nuclear to receive extension into 2030
- Certain Hanford tank waste can be treated as low-level under WIR
- Senate seeks to extend government operations through Dec. 11 with latest CR
- Hanford Site faces bad air days, fire risk
- Hanford empties 24th single-shell tank
- Fluor earnings dip, but nuclear, DOE biz doing well
- BWXT enjoys good 2nd quarter; sells off medical biz
- Republican, Dem to face off in November for right to succeed Newhouse
- Univ. of Georgia studies SRS auto crashes caused by wild pigs, deer
- Wrap Up: Navaarro-LATA lands Y-12 biz; DOE asks Richland about annexation; N.M. Group FOIAs pit study; Kaptur hurt in hit-and-run; Granger dies at age 83; more
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- GAO urges better data, management of EM’s End State Contract Model
- DOE could learn cleanup lessons from other nations: GAO
- DOE touts another data center, this one at Paducah
- Local groups split on Savannah River Site data center
- South Carolina open to borehole disposal in DOE lifecycle hub project
- SRS does flammable gas tests on remote-handled waste destined for WIPP
- N3B boss says contractor making strides on WIPP shipments in fiscal 2026
- DOE lines up specialized DFLAW training for Hanford
- Crowded field vying to compete for Newhouse’s seat
- Wrap Up: Lifecycle Campus states picked; Yucca elimination could become formal with bill; Westinghouse plans IPO; more
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- Feds pick Amentum to potentially develop Savannah River Site data center
- Hunt for Oak Ridge airport site continues, city manager says
- DNFSB suspends publication of many regular reports on DOE ops
- SRS liquid waste cleanup could last until 2041 depending on funds
- Feedback on 222-S lab draft due this month; final RFP possible in fall
- Environmental Management interested in reuse of SRS heavy water
- Subcontractor sought for work at West Valley Demonstration Project
- GAO: Final Moab tailings cleanup could total nearly $1.2 billion
- Some waste being recycled into important products, Cleanup Caucus hears
- NDAA advances on party lines with nuclear amendments attached
- Wrap Up: D.C. Circuit upholds NRC renewal process; Los Alamos gets more supercomputing; Paducah fire crews help the locals; Congress already working on CR; DOE and other management changes; more
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- DOE still restricting access to federal nuclear defense safety watchdog
- South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71; sister to finish term
- Ex-employee files harassment suit against Hanford boss; Bechtel named as defendant
- DOE prepares to grout secondary waste byproduct from Hanford EMF
- Another RECA expansion bill on the way
- Concrete construction finished on SDU-11 at Savannah River, DOE says
- DOE extends Univ. of Chicago contract at Argonne National Lab
- Wrap up: GAO looks at Moab, NNSA issues; House unlikely to take up E&W budget before recess; NNSS looks into fire suppression; more
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- EM-1 Walsh wants greater “urgency” on state grout permit for Hanford
- Local authorities investigate fatal head-on crash inside Hanford gate
- Hanford shipments to WIPP could start in a year
- Details available on upcoming Hanford lab procurement sessions
- DOE plans for wider-scale cesium removal at Hanford
- Environmental groups urge public to oppose changes to radiation protection
- Wrap Up: Aleut to provide biz support at Oak Ridge; WIPP forum set for August; Centrus joins S&P small cap index; more
- Publication Notice: Guest column
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- IWTU solidifies about 400K gallons of sodium-bearing waste at Idaho lab
- New Mexico, DOE differ on combating Los Alamos chromium plume
- Plenty of nuclear amendments proposed for House 2027 energy & water bill
- NRC seeks clear path for GTCC waste disposal
- West Valley workers take down ventilation structure
- Pike County wants Congress to include Portsmouth in RECA program
- S.C. governor’s race now set with Wilson’s GOP runoff win
- Wrap Up: GAO says EM should rush into costly projects; Hanford Site permit comment period starts; Centrus, DOE ink $900M contract; more
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- DOE issues draft RFP for Hanford’s 222-S lab management
- EPA’s Dallas region opposes New Mexico’s planned WIPP modification
- DOE shoots for resumption of WIPP shipments in late July
- Hanford crews work to curb risk at 324 Building
- DOE cleanup office continues work on defense waste recycling demo project
- NNSA, EM team up to move spent fuel from Venezuela reactor
- DOE nuclear legal exec leaves; international nominee has hearing
- Wrap Up: House E&W vote delayed; DNFSB frets over Los Alamos NNSA staffing; DOE awards NMED $2.2M oversight grant; more
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- Hoist problems suspend WIPP shipments until August
- WIPP waste shipments cut short due to shutdown
- EM rebranding could happen soon, Walsh says
- Fleischmann expects House vote on appropriations bill next week
- Centrus to provide nuclear fuel for Oklo’s reactors under letter of intent
- Reviews underway after SRS crane contacts powerline
- Newhouse defends proposed Hanford appropriation in newspaper column
- Crowded field in open primary for House seat now held by Newhouse
- Wrap Up: Zeno picks battery-making site; Veolia hires ex-Amentum manager; Navarro enters partnership; much more
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- Higher fuel prices touch DOE complex from Hanford to SRS
- New Mexico disapproves Los Alamos hazardous waste permit, seeks changes
- Regional economic development body not yet stressing over Hanford budget
- Washington state to take comments on Hanford sitewide permit
- Utah, DOE in talks on nuclear lifecycle hub, Wright says
- NWTRB hears international waste repository plans
- DNFSB: seismic hazard analysis approved at Los Alamos
- Wrap Up:Another SDU finished at Savannah River; Amentum wins tritium plant work; Idaho workers prep glove box waste; obituary; more
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- DOE tightens DNFSB investigative access
- ECA comes out against overhauling WIPP permit after only 2 years
- Washington Ecology boss OK with grout, but wants focus on glass
- June 17 hearing set on cesium-removal project at Hanford 200 West
- Expressions of interest sought for Hanford’s West Area Tank work
- House NDAA backs up to $7.2B for defense cleanup; provision on Pantex, airport
- House Appropriations panel backs SRS, Hanford projects
- Wrap Up: Ex-congressman to run BLM; Tetra Tech wins biz; Veolia expands; more
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- Benton County, Wash., wants to keep WIPP open to Hanford
- Committee wants DOE report on West Valley waste
- FUSRAP would get no new funds in 2027 under House Apps bill
- VNSFS makes personnel moves for engineering and technology
- DNFSB would again receive $42 million under House Apps bill
- Los Alamos lab faces increasing electric power demands amid AI growth, exec says
- Take a shine to DOE
- Wrap Up: ROD backs Sandia expansion; Oak Ridge rubble cleared away; Los Alamos wildfire meeting set; much more
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- Newhouse defends $2.8B Hanford funding level in committee proposal
- Many EM sites get trimmed in House Apps bill
- DOE has many details to work out in Hanford grout plan
- Environmental Management brain drain grew worse in 2025, GAO finds
- WIPP receives 55 TRU shipments in April, most since September
- Hanford WTP turns 100,000 gallons of waste into glass form
- DOE, N3B say chromium plume remains unmitigated but no risk to drinking water
- Public rips NNSA pit plan as ‘retroactive rubber stamp’
- GOP incumbents around INL, Paducah Site coast through primaries
- Wrap Up: Fire restrictions at Los Alamos; Would D.C welcome a reactor; NRC member gets full term; more
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- House Appropriations bill passed, proposes less than Trump for EM
- DOE executives field Senate Armed Services nuclear cleanup questions
- N3B to remain on Los Alamos cleanup job until 2028
- Idaho makes first remote-handled TRU shipment to WIPP in years
- Amentum earnings rise thanks to favorable trends
- AtkinsRéalis sees uptick in nuclear business as Q1 earnings go up
- Naval reactor office could save billions partnering with EM, but risk involved, GAO says
- AtkinsRéalis reorganizes U.S. nuclear biz
- Wrap Up: Ted Wyka retiring in June; NNSA ships HALEU from Japan; Amentum communications exec to retire; more
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- Eldercare for old facilities costing EM more nowadays, GAO says
- Trump order seeks shift to firm fixed-price government contracts
- Final SRS, Hanford cleanups remain far into future
- White House again seeking $45 million for DNFSB
- Hanford crews remove waste from 23rd old underground tank
- Fluor earnings rise, revenue down in first quarter 2026
- Earnings up at BWXT due to nuclear opportunities, PCG acquisition
- Centrus sees mixed first quarter earnings to start off 2026
- Legacy Management scientist, engineer promoted
- Wrap Up: AtkinsRéalis makes new hire; Framatome Richland plant clears NRC hurdle; more
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- Carlsbad crowd backs WIPP, pans permit changes sought by state
- NMED proposal to revamp WIPP permit sharpens tensions over LANL cleanup
- Justification offers details of $8.2 billion EM request
- DOE eyes artificial intelligence to help nuclear cleanup; other budget notes
- EM recycling program would have access to Advanced Test reactor fuel
- Amentum taps two new executives
- North Wind inks Army Corps biz
- Defense, energy secretaries among those evacuated from press dinner
- Wrap Up: Genesis Mission deadline now May 1; Work crews make headway on SRS D Area cleanup; Mullis becomes senior VP at UCOR
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- NMED seeks to modify WIPP permit; mandate more Los Alamos shipments
- DOE offices issue nuclear recycling solicitations
- WTP early glassmaking to hit full stride by 2028
- Hanford ready for ‘breakout year,’ Walsh tells Senate Armed Services panel
- Washington senators, Wright spar over impact of Hanford budget cuts
- Centrus chooses Geiger Brothers as construction contractor for Piketon expansion
- Lawmakers request briefing by DOE on 10 missing scientists
- DOE Legacy Management boss cites limits of natural attenuation at uranium sites
- Wrap Up: DOE seeks to beef up fuel supply chain; Los Alamos works with firms on AI; Idaho takes Penn State used fuel; more
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- Wright says Hanford budget haircut won’t slow ongoing glass making
- Post-outage, WIPP receives 25 shipments in March.
- Nuclear consolidation continues as EnergySolutions buys WMG
- EnergySolutions picks Drom to manage federal support biz
- Local newspaper editorial takes aim at DOE budget request for Hanford
- Woman pleads guilty to stealing $54K of Savannah River Site pension money
- Wrap Up: DOE cites Moab tailings work; Los Alamos lab promotes exec; Japan looks at island for waste; nuclear cruising; more
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- DOE request touts EM re-development; WIPP among few sites tapped for more money in 2027
- Energy Capital Partners to acquire EnergySolutions again
- White House seeks $7.2B for Defense Cleanup line item
- Murray dubs Trump budget ‘slap in the face’ to Hanford
- Savannah River expects to wind up liquid waste work by 2041
- First vitrified glass waste goes into Hanford disposal facility
- DOE seeks $200M for Legacy Management in fiscal 2027
- Jessica Kunkle to lead NNSA Office of Infrastructure
- Wrap Up: House turns attention to budget; SRS RFP bidders get more time; Carlsbad deputy sought; DOE hubs draw big response; TVA and other job news; SRS deals with golf traffic
