Vol. 7, No. 22

Transuranic Waste

Top WIPP bosses still hope to get ventilation project going before 2026

Top federal and contractor managers at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico said Thursday they still hope to beat a 2026 date for operation of a new underground ventilation project criticized recently by the Government Accountability Office. There will be no additional public written report issued on corrective actions being […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    NNSA’s new high-explosive fabrication facility to open in 2024

    A new 20,000-square-foot high-explosives fabrication facility at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Pantex Plant should be up and running by January 2024.  Pantex broke ground on the new Advanced Fabrication Facility in Amarillo, Texas, the week of March 11 and was scheduled to move into the building in late 2023, said Jason Bohne, spokesman for […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Close call at WIPP with high-capacity hoist in free-fall during shaft work

    Hoisting equipment fell and struck the ground just feet from where people were working  recently on a new Utility Shift at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., according to a federal safety board’s regular monthly update on the disposal site. A Nuclear Waste Partnership subcontractor “reported a near miss event […]

  • Decommissioning

    Bill in Massachusetts legislature would block Pilgrim wastewater discharge

    A bill in the Massachusetts state legislature would prevent a company decommissioning a nuclear power plant in the commonwealth from releasing irradiated wastewater from the site into a nearby bay. If it becomes law, the measure proposed by state Sen. Susan Moran (D) would ban the disposal of radioactive waste into “in any coastal or […]

  • Budget & Policy

    This Week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian matters that the Exchange Monitor staff is tracking this week: 21 – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was scheduled to host a public meeting about its proposed decommissioning rule for nuclear power plants. Officially, “Regulatory Improvements for Production and Utilization Facilities Transitioning to Decommissioning.” Streaming online or […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Correction

    A story in the March 09 issue of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing [“NNSA budget up in omnibus; prohibitions against B83, sea-launched W80-4 gone”] should have said that the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to cast pits at a planned facility at the Savannah River Site.

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