Vol. 6, No. 11 New Mexico to Hold Hearings Soon on WIPP Shaft; New Shipments from WCS Expected
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Moves Closer to Cleaning Up Major Transuranic Tranche at Idaho
The end is within sight for the Department of Energy’s effort to treat 65,000 cubic yards of transuranic waste, held in interim storage at Idaho National Laboratory, to the Waste isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. Of the material shipped to Idaho from the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in Colorado between 1970 and […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs’ Profits Edge Up in Q1; Revenue Stable
Jacobs Engineering, the Dallas-based parent of multiple nuclear-cleanup and nuclear-weapon site contractors, saw profits rise about $20 million in the first quarter of 2021, while revenue stayed flat, the company reported Tuesday morning. That accounts for adjustments related to the 2019 sale of the company’s Energy, Chemicals and Resources division to Australia’s Worley, and other […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Holtec Asks NRC to Approve Oyster Creek Security Plan Changes to Keep Fuel Transfer on Sked
The company in charge of decommissioning Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station submitted a proposal to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requesting an amendment to fuel storage safety guidelines that would allow them to complete transferring spent fuel to dry storage by November, according to a filing published Monday. Nuclear services provider Holtec International, which is in […]
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National Laboratories
Los Alamos Regional Group Still Seeking New Director
A group dedicated to supporting communities around the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, is still seeking a new executive director, which would be its third in three years, and is planning to discuss the issue Friday. The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) board of directors will discuss a request […]