Vol. 7, No. 12 GAO Denies Oak Ridge Environmental Protest
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford Tank-Side Cesium Removal Cleared for Startup Defense Board Says
A panel at the Department of Energy has authorized startup of the Tank-Side Cesium Removal project, according to the latest available weekly staff report on operations at the Hanford Site in Washington state from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. “The DOE Startup Authorization Authority for the TSCR [Tank-Side Cesium Removal] system approved its startup,” […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
New Mexico One Step Closer to HLW Ban as Proposed Bill Passes Senate Committee
Banning storage of high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel in New Mexico would be like diverting a planet-killing asteroid, a New Mexico state Senator who supports a ban said Tuesday. “This is our Don’t Look Up moment,” said state Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Uranium Recovery Furnaces Set to Fire Up in 2029; Stopgap Expected to Operate This Year
Editor’s note: this story corrects errors about the cost and schedule estimates for the Y-12 National Security Complex’s direct melt bottom-loading furnaces published in the January 25 edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, “New Uranium Reclamation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
New Mexico Senator Luján Hospitalized With Stroke
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), who has taken an active interest in Department of Energy facilities in New Mexico, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, but should make a full recovery, his office staff said in a Twitter posting on Tuesday. Early last… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Santa Susana ETEC Demo Waste Hauled Away
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has hauled away the last of demolition debris from buildings torn down last year at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site in Southern California, according to a Tuesday release. Trucks carrying the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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International
Menendez Blasts Iran’s Nuclear Program, Says Sanctions Better Than Bad Deal
In a speech offering 58 minutes of counterprogramming to reports that the U.S. and other nuclear-armed nations were nearing an inflection point in negotiations with Iran over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]