Vol. 4, No. 207 House Sends 2020 Energy Spending Bill to Senate on Party Line
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Should Better Guard Against Explosions, Fires, at Savannah River Tritium Facility, DNFSB Says
The Department of Energy should better protect workers at the Savannah River Site’s tritium facilities from accidents that could deliver high doses of radiation, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) recommended Wednesday. The board said in a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
New Mexico Land Office Knocks Holtec Spent Fuel Storage
The head of the New Mexico State Land Office on Wednesday became the latest official to express strong opposition to Holtec International’s plans for a spent fuel storage facility in the state. “I understand that we need to find a storage solution, but not… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Oak Ridge Cleanup Contractor Earns $4.9M Fee for First Half of FY19
The joint venture charged with environmental remediation of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site received all but about $600,000 of its potential performance fee for the first six months of fiscal 2019. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
Weather, Maintenance Slow WIPP Waste Emplacement in Early 2019
The Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico received 115 shipments of transuranic defense waste during the first five months of 2019. Based on 21.5 calendar weeks through May 31, that is an average of 5.4 shipments per week. By contrast,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]