Vol. 8, No. 34 Hanford vit plant glass-making expected now by 2025, DOE says in budget doc
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP receives 32 TRU shipments in February; pace still below DOE goals
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 32 shipments of transuranic waste during February, according to the facility’s public website. The latest monthly figure shows progress over the prior year shipment period,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Bill to block proposed Holtec interim storage site clears final committee in New Mexico House
A bill that would broadly prohibit storage of spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico is set up for a final vote in the New Mexico legislature with only days to go before the end of the session. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee of the New Mexico House of Representatives… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Consent-based siting the hard way and the only way for nuclear waste, NRC commissioner says
Consent-based siting, or securing support at all levels of government for a nuclear-waste repository, “won’t be fun,” a Nuclear Regulatory Commission commission said Wednesday at an agency conference. “Even a consent-based process is going to take time… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]