AECOM Cites Record Revenue, Net Loss in Fiscal 2019
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Will Resume 10-Year Cost Forecasts for Weapons Complex Modernization
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) dinged the National Nuclear Security Administration recently for not providing 10 years’ worth of cost forecasts in an annual report to Congress on defense nuclear spending. The semiautonomous Department of Energy agency by law must write a joint report each year with the Defense Department profiling the expected costs […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Contractors Want Portsmouth Site Radioactive Contamination Lawsuit Dismissed
A group of current and former contractors at the U.S. Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio say a federal lawsuit accusing them of failure to contain radioactive contamination should be dismissed. Centrus Energy and the other companies say Ursula McGlone and other residents who live within 7 miles of the former gaseous diffusion plant failed […]
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Transuranic Waste
Snake River Alliance Opposes More Spent Fuel Shipments Into Idaho
A local nuclear watchdog said it is happy Idaho is forcing the U.S. Department of Energy to “clean up the radioactive mess” at the Idaho National Laboratory, but does not want more spent nuclear fuel coming into the state. “We strongly oppose additional nuclear waste coming into Idaho,” Snake River Alliance Executive Director Holly Harris […]
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Defense & Military
STRATCOM Command Change Scheduled for Nov. 18
U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten will officially turn over command of U.S. Strategic Command to Navy Vice Adm. Charles Richard on Nov. 18. The change of command ceremony will take place following a dedication ceremony for STRATCOM’s new command and control facility at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., according to a press release. Hyten […]
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Decommissioning
La Crosse Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Completed
Nuclear services firm EnergySolutions said Tuesday it has completed physical decommissioning of the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) in Wisconsin. That covers full remediation and extraction of radioactive materials in line with the license termination plan approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to a press release from the Salt Lake City-based company. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Texas Agency Approves Updated WCS Rad Waste Performance Assessment
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has signed off on the latest iteration of the performance assessment for two radioactive waste disposal facilities operated by Waste Control Specialists (WCS). The agency is the regulator for management of radioactive waste in the state, including the WCS complex in Andrews County. Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists must […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Deep Isolation, NAC International Ink Cooperative Agreement
Radioactive waste disposal startup Deep Isolation said Monday it has inked a cooperative agreement with spent nuclear fuel storage and transportation provider NAC International. The agreement covers collaboration in designing, developing, and producing Deep Isolation’s canister technology for disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, according to a press release from the Berkeley, […]