Vol. 4, No. 57

Transuranic Waste

October Data Shows WIPP Catching Up With 2018 Shipment Pace

The U.S. Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico received 275 shipments of defense-related transuranic waste during the first 10 months of this year, compared to 272 during the same period in 2018. October is the last full month for which shipment information is available through WIPP’s public database. It shows that the […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Perry Touts Santa Susana Cleanup During Last Day as Energy Secretary

    Rick Perry ended his tenure as U.S. secretary of energy on Sunday, but not before issuing a press release highlighting the progress of cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in Ventura County, Calif. “I am proud of the work the Department of Energy (DOE) has done to advance the final cleanup of the […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Cybersecurity Firm Urges NNSA Chief to Reconsider Contract With Rival

    A cybersecurity provider for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is urging reconsideration of a recent follow-on award to a rival company. The transition from the $271 million contract held by information-technology specialist Criterion Systems, of Vienna, Va., was driven “by a perceived need to rapidly remediate a contract protest action lingering from 2016,” […]

  • International

    IAEA Approves Grossi as Director; First Term Starts Tuesday

    Veteran Argentine diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi is set to take over Tuesday as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Grossi, 58, will become the sixth director general of the United Nations organization, which promotes the peaceful use of nuclear technology and the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons technology and materials. He will serve […]

  • Decommissioning

    NRC Gives Update on Reactor Decommissioning

    At the end of the last federal fiscal year on Sept. 30, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was overseeing decommissioning of 23 nuclear power and early demonstration reactors. Of those reactors, 11 were undergoing active decommissioning and the remaining 12 were in SAFSTOR, or safe storage, in which final cleanup can be delayed for up […]

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