Vol. 4, No. 297 Court Won’t Make NNSA Pay $200M Fine for Keeping Plutonium in South Carolina
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Transuranic Waste
Fluor Idaho Wraps Up Repackaging at 2018 Drum Breach Site
U.S. Energy Department contractor Fluor Idaho has finished repackaging radioactive sludge waste that was ejected from four overheated drums in April 2018 at the Idaho National Laboratory. The late-night accident spewed much of the sludge waste from the four 55-gallon… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Extra Shifts Increase Plutonium Downblending at Savannah River
Plutonium downblending at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina has increased significantly following the addition of shifts in November 2018. Assuming things go well, another increase in shifts could come late in fiscal 2020,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
Colorado Studies High Plutonium Level in Soil Sample Near Rocky Flats Site
A soil sample with elevated levels of plutonium discovered in the vicinity of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility near Denver has drawn attention from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Massachusetts Objects to Upcoming NRC Order Allowing Pilgrim Plant License Transfer
The commonwealth of Massachusetts is objecting to an upcoming U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff order allowing the license transfer for the retired Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. The order, expected as early as this week, would enable owner Entergy to sell… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
Contractor Hired to Sink New Shaft at WIPP
The U.S. Energy Department and its prime contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico on Wednesday announced a $75 million award for a subcontractor to build a new underground utility shaft. The contract went to Harrison Western-Shaft Sinkers Joint… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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International
Canada Completes System for Coating Used Fuel Containers With Copper
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has partnered with three private firms to manufacture and commission a novel system for coating spent nuclear fuel containers in copper as part of the program to prevent any release of radiation from an eventual… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]