Vol. 4, No. 246 Air Force to Award Big ICBM Manufacturing Contract By End of Summer 2020
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Commercial Decommissioning
Ohio Senate Backs Nuclear Bailout for FirstEnergy Solutions
FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) on Wednesday came closer to securing passage of a sought-after bailout bill for two struggling nuclear power plants in Ohio. But potential full passage of the state legislation is not expected until Aug. 1 at the earliest, which would be two weeks after the company’s Wednesday deadline. On Wednesday, the Ohio Senate […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Near-Surface Disposal OK for Most GTCC Waste, Regulator Says
Staff at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that the vast majority of Greater-Than-Class C low-level radioactive waste could be disposed of via a near-surface facility. The waste, under existing federal regulations, must be interred in a geologic repository unless the federal commission approves a request for another means of disposal. The United States […]
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Non-Proliferation
Cleanup of U. Washington Building to Begin as NNSA Removes Breached Cesium-137 Source
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Wednesday it has removed a breached cesium-137 source from a University of Washington medical research building in Seattle, clearing the way to begin remediation of the facility following its May 3 contamination. The semiautonomous Department of Energy agency on Tuesday moved the cesium-137 source to the Pacific […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nevada Leaders Want More Study of Earthquake Dangers for Yucca Mountain
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) joined with the state’s full congressional delegation on Wednesday to demand the Department of Energy further study the potential earthquake risk to the location of the planned nuclear waste disposal facility under Yucca Mountain. The letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry followed two earthquakes on July 4 and 5 in […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Plans New Strategic Plan
The contractor for the Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., is working on a five-year strategic plan that should be submitted to the agency and made public in August or September. Workshops on the contents of the plan will be held in Carlsbad and Santa Fe, N.M., sometime in those two […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Appeals Court Rules Against Bechtel Request for Legal Fees
A federal appeals court ruled this week that Bechtel National is not due reimbursement from the U.S. government for $500,000 in legal fees the company incurred prior to settling discrimination litigation brought by two former employees at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. In an opinion issued Tuesday, a three-judge panel for the […]