Vol. 9, No. 19 Final decommissioning rule could be ready by August; commissioners reviewing rule now
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford gradually overcoming hurdles toward making glass, panel told
Department of Energy contractors at the Hanford Site in Washington state are making headway on remaining problems before crews can start turning some less-radioactive tank waste at the property into a solid glass form, the Hanford Advisory Board heard Tuesday. After making a batch of non-radioactive test glass in December, DOE wants to start vitrification […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Tennessee FD and others clear highway accident involving radioactive waste
A mixture of state and local emergency responders plus “commercial inspectors” and “other authorities” on Monday evening cleared a truck fire involving radioactive waste off of a highway in Tennessee, the Nashville Fire Department said. A vehicle the fire department identified as a “semi-truck” caught fire in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40, about 10 […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Los Alamos looks at episodes of skin contamination
The Department of Energy is looking at two incidents of skin contamination at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility in New Mexico during January, according to a recent report from a federal safety agency. In one the likely source was a contaminated phone in a laboratory room, according to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth contractors seek more time in civil suit
Former and current Department of Energy contractors at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio have filed an unopposed motion in federal court seeking until Feb. 26 to answer a complaint by a local resident who blames his leukemia on radioactive contamination from the property. The motion, seeking three weeks beyond the original Feb. 5 deadline, was […]