Vol. 4, No. 159

Cleanup & Remediation

Locals Want Detail on New DOE Contamination Sampling Near Portsmouth

The U.S. Energy Department is conducting additional sampling to detect any radioactive contamination at a school near its Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio, while local officials seek to be kept in the loop. Energy Secretary Rick Perry dispatched a technical team to do an assessment of the school, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Saturday. Energy […]
  • Non-Proliferation

    Contractors Begin Cleaning Up Cesium Spill at University of Washington

    A pair of contractors have started cleaning up a University of Washington building contaminated weeks ago by cesium-137, but there is no public timetable for finishing the job or reoccupying the facility. The contractors are International Isotopes, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Chase Environmental, of Louisville, Ky. They are assisting the Washington state Department of Health, […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    NRC Wants More Info on Hanford Tank Farm Closure Plan

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is requesting more information about the Energy Department’s plan for closure of a radioactive waste storage tank farm at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The nuclear regulator will present the request at a DOE public meeting, scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. May 30 in Richland. The information request […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Ruling Expected Soon in DOJ Lawsuit Against Hanford Workers’ Comp Law

    A federal judge says he plans by the first week of June to rule on a Department of Justice lawsuit against the state of Washington over eased workers’ compensation requirements for workers at the Hanford Site. Judge Stanley Bastian, of U.S. District Court for Eastern Washington, heard arguments May 22 from the parties. He reminded […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    GAO Expected to Review Energy Dept. Payments In Lieu of Taxes

    The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) plans in September to release a report on the Energy Department’s payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) to communities surrounding its national laboratories and cleanup sites. The report will analyze the differences in PILT payments across sites and how have they varied over time, according to the GAO. The […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Huntington Ingalls Starts Construction On Columbia Subs

    Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding held a ceremony on May 23 for its first cut-of-steel event to mark the start of advance construction for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program. HII noted this will be the first class of submarines that will be built using fully digital blueprints. The first steel plate will be used […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Waste Control Specialists Could Get Break on Charges, Fees

    The Texas Legislature has approved a bill that would delay by two years certain charges and fees for Waste Control Specialists’ (WCS) radioactive waste disposal operations. Two amendments from Rep. Alfonso Nevárez (D) were attached to a state bill on domestic violence, which was passed in April in the Texas Senate and last week in […]

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