Vol. 9, No. 19

Recommissioning & Restarts

Oral arguments in environmentalists’ Diablo Canyon lawsuit scheduled for Wednesday

A group of environmentalists trying to block a life extension for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant were scheduled to have their day in court Wednesday. Oral arguments in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, Calif., were set for 9:00 a.m. Pacific time, or 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. The proceedings were to […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Feds sued by citizen groups questioning adequacy of Rocky Flats cleanup

    Physicians for Social Responsibility and other groups sued the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland and other federal agencies Monday, claiming radioactive contaminants still linger along the former grounds of the Department of Energy’s Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado. “Although this facility is no longer in operation, the radioactive contaminants, […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE solicits bids for big, mostly domestic, HALEU supply contract

    The Department of Energy on Tuesday solicited bids for a contract under which it could acquire up to 145 metric tons of high assay low-enriched uranium to help commercialize nuclear reactors that need the fuel. Under the contract, only U.S.-based companies will be allowed to perform the final step of enriching to the high assay […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Amputation prompts DOE attention to APTIM-North Wind training

    A joint venture of APTIM and North Wind Group failed to properly train laborers on use of a circular saw prior to a November 2022 accident, which caused a worker to lose a finger at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, the agency said last week. “While cutting, a kickback occurred, which […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    NNSA extends public comment on new Los Alamos power line, will hold public meeting

    The National Nuclear Security Administration will hold a public meeting Thursday regarding a new 14-mile electric power transmission line serving the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Public comment on the  Los Alamos National Laboratory Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project Draft Environmental Assessment opened on Dec. 19 and will be extended for another month […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Area around Hanford Site hit with high winds, power outages

    Richland and the Tri-Cities area of Washington state experienced wind gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour and some power outages Tuesday, according to coverage in the local Tri-City Herald newspaper. The area is home to the Department of Energy’s sprawling Hanford Site, the former plutonium production facility and nuclear cleanup property. Today’s forecast for south-central […]

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