Vol. 7, No. 44 WIPP, NNSA seeking closer cooperation on waste disposal plans
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Cleanup & Remediation
EM acting policy chief Mullis talks ‘silver tsunami,’ environmental justice
SUMMERLIN, Nev. — The Department of Energy’s $7.6 billion Office of Environmental Management is cleaning up nuclear hazards from Washington state to New York state while dealing with a “silver tsunami,” Jay Mullis, a top executive at the remediation branch, said here Wednesday at the Radwaste Summit. Mullis, currently the acting associate principal deputy assistant […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Markey grills NRC commissioner nominees over proposed decommissioning rule
In a hearing Wednesday, Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) said two would-be commissioners should stake out clearer positions on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed decommissioning rule for nuclear power plants. Markey spoke at the tail end of a nomination hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for Annie Caputo and Bradley Crowell, whom President […]
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Budget & Policy
Strategic forces subcommittee approves Nuclear Weapons Council changes, Pantex modernization study for NDAA
The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee approved its contributions to the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday, kicking up to the full committee a package of reforms for the Nuclear Weapons Council and an order to study modernization of the Pantex Plant, among other things. The subcommittee completed its markup without debate […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
INL aiming to close fuel cycle, lower costs for advanced nukes, lab’s waste chief says
SUMMERLIN, NEV. — One of the biggest challenges facing researchers looking into the advanced nuclear fuel cycle at Idaho National Laboratory is bringing down spent fuel management costs, a lab official said here this week. “It is strategically very important to us to show that, on the advanced reactors program, we are able to close […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Paducah cleanup trails Portsmouth by about 8 years
SUMMERLIN, Nev. — The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is just starting to get rolling on environmental remediation at the Paducah Site in Kentucky, an agency official charged with overseeing cleanup at the gaseous diffusion plants there and in Portsmouth, Ohio, said Wednesday. “We are just dipping our toe into that,” Joel Bradburne, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Nuclear cleanup leadership should be built to ‘span administrations,’ GAO reviewer says
SUMMERLIN, NEV. — The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is faced with cleaning up nuclear hazards dating to the 1940s era Manhattan Project and its leadership structure should also be designed for the long run, a Government Accountability Office representative said Wednesday. Nathan Anderson, director of the energy and natural resources team for […]