Vol. 9, No. 13 Nuclear cleanup office hangs help wanted sign for Los Alamos field manager
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA publishes final environmental study on disposal of surplus plutonium
About a year after it released a draft of the document, the National Nuclear Security Administration published a final environmental review of its plant to dispose of dozens of tons of surplus, weapon-usable plutonium. The nuclear weapons agency published its final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program (SPDP) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in the Federal Register on […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Judge agrees to stay COVID case against UCOR pending appeals court ruling
A federal judge in East Tennessee granted a request Thursday by the cleanup contractor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site to delay more proceedings in a COVID-19 lawsuit until a higher court decides if the contractor is shielded from the suit. U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley ruled that Amentum-led United Cleanup Oak Ridge […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
UCOR opens late; Y-12 getting back to normal
Workers for United Cleanup Oak Ridge, the environmental prime at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, are reporting to work at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time this morning due to lingering icy road conditions, according to a social media post. Also at Oak Ridge, the Y-12 National Security Complex is resuming a normal schedule although the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
This week
Here is an event related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: January 22: Meeting: The Department of Energy is hosting a public meeting on the Los Alamos National Laboratory chromium plume starting at 6 p.m. Mountain Time at Cities of Gold Hotel and Casino Ballroom, 10 Cities […]