Vol. 7, No. 25 Head of Amentum-led Hanford Central Plateau cleanup team retiring
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Ice storm, power outage at Pantex delay non-essential arrives amid production upswing
As the nuclear-weapons production complex begins a shift into overdrive, non-essential personnel at the Pantex site were asked to delay their arrival starting with Monday’s graveyard shift after a late-season ice storm moved in over the Texas panhandle. Only a day after the spring equinox, the system dropped a wintery mix over Amarillo and the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Enviros pressing NWPA argument in interim storage lawsuit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission violated federal law when it licensed a proposed commercial facility in Texas to store nearly half of the country’s spent nuclear fuel, a coalition of anti-nuclear groups argued Friday as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the agency. NRC, which in September gave its blessing to Waste Control Specialists-Orano USA joint […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Nevada Site disposed of 550,000 cubic feet of radwaste in 2021
The Nevada National Security Site disposed of roughly 550,000 cubic feet of radioactive waste from other federal sites around the country during 2021, according to the Department of Energy. The total includes classified and low-level or mixed low-level radioactive waste, the DOE Office of Environmental Management said in its Strategic Vision for the former Nevada […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DNFSB HQ staff back in office
With the COVID-19 pandemic easing, most of the Washington, D.C. headquarters staff for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is back at the office although employees have the option to continue to telecommute with their manager’s approval, a spokesperson for the agency said in an email. “The Resident Inspectors were onsite providing oversight during the […]