Vol. 9, No. 143

Transuranic Waste

Better roads to WIPP; monitoring of Hanford Building 324, concern Senate panel

The Senate Appropriations Committee wants the Department of Energy to help New Mexico pay for improving roads to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, and also keep eye on contamination under a decaying building at the Hanford Site in Washington state. These are a couple of recommendations the Senate panel made in its report about the […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Senate appropriators won’t go along with House on UPF boost

    The Senate Appropriations Committee would give the requested $800 million to the Uranium Processing facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., for 2025, $40 million less than House appropriators recommended. The budget for the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF), part of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Most of corrugated metal pipe dug up at Los Alamos, N3B says

    The legacy cleanup contractor at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has excavated most of the corrugated metal pipes buried at a material disposal area and sliced up more than half of the pipes, a federal advisory board heard… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Wyoming lawmaker pitches state interim storage site; plans bill in October

    Wyoming Rep. Donald Burkhart (R) last week said he is preparing a bill that would allow the state to build an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in its territory. Burkhart spoke July 31 during the second day of a hearing of the Wyoming state legislature’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning […]

  • International

    IAEA general expresses ‘concern’ over water level draining at Ukraine’s ZNPP

    Availability of water at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, which is continually decreasing, is “important for nuclear security,” according to the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency. “The dwindling water levels in the cooling pond remains… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • News & Analysis

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 05: Hybrid meeting: The Hanford Advisory Board meets starting at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. The meeting will originate from Washington State University Tri-Cities,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

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