Vol. 5, No. 95 Nuke Cleanup Sites Could Become Home for New Reactors
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Budget & Policy
DOE Should Consider Crisis-Management Head, Pandemic Lessons-Learned Says
The Department of Energy should designate someone as a sort of crisis-response czar in case of another national emergency such as COVID-19, according to an agency report on the pandemic published Wednesday. DOE should revise existing crisis response plans to, among… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS Area Congressman Tests Positive for COVID-19
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose district includes the Savannah River Site, has tested positive for COVID-19, the congressman’s office said in a statement late Wednesday. “Earlier this evening I learned that I have tested positive for COVID-19,” Wilson said in the written statement posted to his website. “I will be taking all necessary precautions, as […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Temporary Repeal of Ohio Nuke Plant Bailout Faces Eleventh Hour Vote to Stay Alive
A bill to delay ratepayer-funded subsidies to two financially struggling Ohio nuclear plants cleared a key committee by a thread on Wednesday, setting up a possible floor vote before Christmas. The House Energy Policy and Oversight Committee voted 8-7 on Wednesday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Navarro-led Group Expected to Start 222-S Transition Right After New Year’s
A group led by Navarro Research and Engineering is expected to start its transition Jan. 4 as the new contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, a source said Tuesday. Hanford’s DOE site manager, Brian Vance, said last week during… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Public Hearing Planned on Modifying Hanford Effluent Facilities
The Washington state Department of Ecology will hold an online public hearing Jan. 21 on proposed modifications to certain facilities at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. The DOE and contractor Washington River Protection Solutions seek a class 2 modification… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
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