Vol. 7, No. 42 New Mexico wildfires slow Los Alamos cleanup settlement talks with DOE
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Transuranic Waste
Livermore queuing up review that sets stage for more waste shipments to WIPP
The Department of Energy could start a federal readiness assessment sometime this month at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory facilities in California that prepare transuranic waste for shipment to the agency’s underground disposal site in New Mexico, according to a government safety board. On May 31, 2022, the lab began the contractor readiness assessment for restarting […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE still has plenty of work to do on big ticket cleanup issues, GAO said
The Department of Energy has taken care of seven of 25 priority issues identified by the Government Accountability Office in 2021 and should get to work on the rest, Congress’ investigative arm wrote in a letter to the agency. “We are also adding eight new recommendations related to project, program, and portfolio management; contract management; […]
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Transuranic Waste
Honeywell Sandia prime says fired scientist’s suit belongs in federal court
A Honeywell-owned prime contractor for Sandia National Laboratories said in a Tuesday filing a wrongful firing suit brought against it by a scientist who worked on data for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant should remain in federal court. National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia said the wrongful termination suit brought by […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Congress must act to stop industry ‘tailspin” on spent fuel reprocessing, Curio CEO says
Congress needs to amend federal nuclear waste law, not only allow the government to build an interim storage facility for spent fuel, but also to allow private companies to develop spent fuel reprocessing technologies, the CEO of such a company told Exchange Monitor Wednesday. “Congress is in the key role right now, because the Nuclear […]
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Decommissioning
In scathing letter, EPA fires back at Holtec claims about Pilgrim wastewater discharge
The Environmental Protection Agency does not share Holtec International’s position that the company’s plan to release irradiated wastewater from a shuttered Massachusetts nuclear power plant into a nearby bay meets federal regulations, the agency’s water chief told the company in a recent letter. EPA “does not agree” with Holtec’s claim that discharging wastewater from Pilgrim […]
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Defense & Military
New medal for military veterans of atomic tests, cleanup, accidents
The Department of Defense has created an Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service Medal, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Those eligible include military veterans who participated in atomic tests and cleanups, and those exposed to ionizing radiation from the bombs that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the department wrote in a […]