Vol. 8, No. 42 IWTU now running with 100% radioactive waste, EM boss White tells board
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Cleanup & Remediation
Big cleanup field offices all start reporting to EM-2, or EM-1 feds say
With the head of field operations at the Department of Energy’s $8-billion nuclear remediation branch recently announcing departure plans, more of the Cold War and Manhattan Project cleanup sites will start reporting directly to the No. 2 boss at headquarters in Washington, D.C., officials said Monday. “We are making a change in a couple of […]
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Budget & Policy
House Appropriations Committee joins armed services panel in postponing budget markups
The House Appropriations Committee postponed markups of several fiscal year 2024 spending bills with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairwoman said Monday. Citing ongoing negotiations between the administration and House Republican leadership, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the appropriations committee, said all markups scheduled for the week are now postponed. “Given recent developments […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
National Academies sees strong case for grouting waste at Hanford; public session set for June
A long-awaited report released Monday from the National Academies finds a “strong technical case” for using concrete-like grout to augment operation of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine lauded a study by DOE’s Savannah […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Illinois lawmakers conditionally lift ban on new nuclear-plant construction
The Illinois legislature on Friday exempted advanced nuclear reactors from a state ban on new nuclear power plants. On the last day of the state’s legislative session, the state House approved a bill lifting the ban by 84-22 and the state Senate voted 36-14 to go along with their House colleagues. The second House-amended version […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford area fire burns 1,300 acres before being controlled
A Sunday fire near the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state has been extinguished but not before it burned 1,300 acres, according to a Hanford announcement on Facebook. “Wind gusts fanned the flames, but the Hanford Fire Department, managed by Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, got it under control within a few hours with […]