Vol. 8, No. 31 NNSA’s 10-year plan for weapons-fusion experiments could include NIF addition, LLNL official says
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Bill aimed at blocking New Mexico interim storage clears state conservation panel
A bill aimed at preventing a private company from building a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico without prior state approval cleared on Tuesday its first legislative hurdle in Santa Fe. The measure, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D), was favorably reported out of the state Senate Conservation Committee […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
D.C. court tosses enviros’ interim storage lawsuit against NRC
A federal court in D.C. on Wednesday issued a pointed rebuke to a coalition of environmental groups seeking to block a proposed commercial storage facility for spent nuclear fuel and dismissed their lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. With its Wednesday ruling, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals closed the book on the joint lawsuit, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
9th Circuit could hear Hanford employees’ COVID vax case this summer
A federal appeals court could hear oral arguments this May in Seattle in a legal challenge brought over COVID-19 vaccination policy at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday informed attorneys for the Justice Department and the Silent Majority Foundation, representing more […]
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Transuranic Waste
Groups seek WIPP comment period extension until April
As expected, citizen groups in New Mexico have asked the state Environment Department to extend the comment period by 60 days on a 10-year permit renewal for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The draft permit is more than 1,200 pages long so granting the extension until April 19 is justified, according to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Veolia team wins landfill management subcontract at Hanford
A joint venture led by a Veolia affiliate has been tapped by Amentum-led Central Plateau Cleanup Co. to run two landfills at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state under a deal potentially worth $124 million over six years, Veolia said Wednesday. The Hanford cleanup prime has picked the joint venture between Veolia […]