Vol. 7, No. 4 
Small Biz Would Receive Big Chunks of Portsmouth, DUF6 Contracts
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NM AG’s Nuke Waste Law Arguments Still Fall Short, NRC Argues
Attempts by New Mexico’s attorney general to pit a federal nuclear waste law against a proposed commercial interim storage facility for spent fuel in Texas don’t pass legal muster, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told an appeals court Friday. State Attorney General Hector Balderas’s December argument that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) is “inextricably linked” […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Time and Money Must Factor Into Hanford Waste Research, Panel Finds
An ongoing federal study into alternative liquid-waste cleanup at the Hanford Site in Washington state should focus narrowly on finding the fastest way to get rid of low-level radioactive waste that can’t be solidified by the site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, a national academies panel recommended last week. The waste treatment plant, which is […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE Doles Out Uranium Supply, Disposal Contracts to SHINE for Mo-99 Production
SHINE Technologies, Janesville, Wis., signed contracts with the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to support the company’s initiative to domestically manufacture a medical isotope without highly enriched uranium, according to a DOE press release. The release did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, or the […]