Vol. 7, No. 31 NM Gov. blasts DOE over lack of engagement on surplus plutonium disposition program
-
Cleanup & Remediation
Contaminated excess facilities across DOE draw more attention from cleanup office
William (Ike) White, the top manager of the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch, expects excess contaminated facilities in the weapons complex to draw more attention in the next decade or so, he told a National Academies of Sciences board Wednesday. Within that span, it will be time for the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management […]
-
Decommissioning
Orano, Holtec trade barbs over Diablo Canyon spent fuel contract
The company selected to manage Diablo Canyon Power Station’s spent fuel inventory fired back Wednesday at claims from a competitor that its cask system was unsafe and untested. Orano USA, whose subsidiary TN Americas on April 6 locked down the spent fuel contract with plant operator Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), was “surprised” at what […]
-
Transuranic Waste
Long-running problems with WIPP firefighting program cited by DOE Inspector General
Until the recent past, the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico let its fire trucks fall into disrepair and did a poor job of training firefighters, the agency’s Office of Inspector General said in a just-released report. While it found no evidence to substantiate the most serious allegations raised about the […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
NNSA search for new Las Vegas campus underway
The National Nuclear Security Administration is looking for a new remote office site in Las Vegas for personnel who don’t need to regularly commute to the Nevada Nuclear Security Site some 60 miles to the northwest of the city, according to a recent procurement note. The semiautonomous Department of Energy nuclear weapons agency “plans to […]