Vol. 8, No. 10

Vitrification & Grout

Hanford boss warns of potential delays ahead in starting to make glass

The timeline to start converting low-level radioactive waste into glass at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state has already been slowed by technical and workforce issues and more challenges could arise, a DOE manager told the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board. The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant is a complex project and […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    NMED, DOE tell judge they are close to revamping LANL cleanup rules

    New Mexico and the Department of Energy are close to resolving the state’s lawsuit about cleanup rules for the Los Alamos National Laboratory and asked a federal judge Wednesday for another 90 days to negotiate. Lawyers for the state and the Department of Justice… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Fleischmann could lead DOE’s major check-writing committee in House

    Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), a dependable ally of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex, is in the mix to lead the influential appropriations committee that writes the first drafts of DOE’s annual… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Decommissioning

    Enviros aim to sink Diablo Canyon bailout

    A coalition of anti-nuclear groups on Tuesday asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to refuse a proposed 20-year license extension for California’s last operating nuclear power plant, saying it would violate federal law, an agency filing shows. Pacific Gas… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Santa Fe County officials to send concerns about surplus plutonium program to NNSA

    Local officials this week voted to express formal concerns about the Department of Energy’s plan to ship weapon-usable plutonium through the Santa Fe, New Mexico area as part of long-planned materials-disposal effort. On Tuesday, all five Santa Fe county commissioners… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Budget & Policy

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