Vol. 6, No. 46 DOE, Nevada at Last Settle Up Over Unauthorized Waste Shipments From Y-12
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Transuranic Waste
NNSA Los Alamos Shipments to WIPP Resume
Shipments of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant from National Nuclear Security Administration operations at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico were set to resume this week after being on hold since an ignition scare in February, according to the Department of Energy. “After a careful review of the drum event” […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Host County Execs in Texas Undecided About Interim Storage Site After Community Meeting
The executive of a Texas county slated to host a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel said Wednesday that the county commission may vote to take a public stance on the project following a community meeting earlier this week. While the Andrews County, Texas Commissioners’ Court can vote to pen a letter of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Richland Company Gets Construction, Effluent Treatment Support Contracts at Hanford
Fowler General Construction Inc. of Richland, Washington, received three Hanford contracts totaling almost $19 million from tank farms prime Washington River Protection Solutions. One $5.3 million contract is to construct a 17,600-square-foot office building at Hanford’s 222-S laboratory. The laboratory provides analytical support for the tank farms. The other two contracts cover $13.5 million are […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford Tank Contractor Seeks Firms to Check Tank Corrosion, Recycle Lead
Amentum-led Washington River Protection Solutions, the Department of Energy contractor in charge of the 177 underground tanks of radioactive waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state, is looking for firms to do corrosion testing on double-shell tanks. Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) published a notice Wednesday on a federal procurement website seeking “expressions of […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
No Written DOE Denials of Info to DNFSB So This Year, Board Says
The Secretary of Energy did not deny any written requests for information from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in the six months ended June 30, the chair of the independent federal board reported recently to Congress. “The Board has no denials of access to information to report in the past six months,” Defense Nuclear […]