Vol. 7, No. 19 Leaders of DOE nuclear weapons, waste programs on Hill today for budget hearings
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE requests $10M for calcine waste preparations at Idaho National Lab
The Department of Energy’s fiscal 2023 budget request for nuclear cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory includes $10 million toward early planning for treatment and disposal of 1.2 million gallons of high-level radioactive calcine waste. Under the 1995 Idaho… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP handles 19 shipments during April
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico received 19 shipments of transuranic waste during April, according to the latest data. Eleven of the shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) were hauled from Idaho National Laboratory,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE extends Centrus HALEU deal at Portsmouth into winter
The Department of Energy extended Centrus Energy Corp.’s contract to build a 16-machine enrichment cascade for advanced nuclear fuel at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio, adding six months and $12 million to the sole-source deal. DOE extended the 80/20 cost-share… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC legal broadside aims to sink New Mexico interim storage suit
The state of New Mexico hasn’t proven to a federal court that it has sufficient legal standing to challenge the licensing of a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Texas, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission argued Monday. NRC’s newest filing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]