Vol. 2, No. 65 Judge Rules Against EnergySolutions-WCS Merger
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Perry Clarifies Comments on Interim Nuclear Waste Storage
The Department of Energy has not made any decisions regarding possible locations for interim storage of U.S. nuclear waste, DOE Secretary Rick Perry said Wednesday, one day after raising eyebrows by suggesting sites in Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas could become… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Secretary Perry Vows Criticality Safety Improving at LANL’s PF-4
Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Wednesday the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility (PF-4) is improving its nuclear criticality safety program, amid reporting this week of ongoing safety issues at the New Mexico site. Perry said during a Senate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Perry: WIPP Not the Only Option for Plutonium Disposal
Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested Wednesday that material processed through the Energy Department’s suggested dilute and dispose method for eliminating 34 metric tons of excess weapon-usable plutonium could potentially be stored somewhere other than the Waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Senators Press Hanford Cleanup in Budget Hearing
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said Wednesday she has heard the same message from new energy secretaries for 25 years – that they will find a new and better way to address environmental cleanup at the Hanford Site. The latest was Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Decommissioning
Sweden’s OKG Plans Spent Fuel Move After Reactor Shutdown
Swedish nuclear power provider OKG said this week it would soon start work to move spent fuel from its recently closed Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant reactor Unit 1 into interim storage. The reactor had been scheduled to end operations on June 29 following 45 years… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]