Supreme Court interim storage arguments scheduled for spring
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE starts market research on next Paducah cleanup deal
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, the Department of Energy kicked off its market research into the next environmental cleanup contract at the Paducah Site in Kentucky. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management published online a request for information/sources… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Feds ask judge to vacate order in activists’ pit lawsuit, keep case in district court
The federal government last week asked a judge to vacate a judgement favoring environmentalists in a plutonium pit lawsuit and stop the case from going to an appeals court. The defendants, the Department of Energy and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
NRC expects lower decommissioning fund minimums in 2024
Lower disposal costs mean nuclear reactor operators will not need to keep as much cash on hand to cover the cost of end-of-life plant cleanup, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said last week. Two of the four U.S. disposal sites for low-level radioactive waste,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Steelworkers local prez upbeat on Portsmouth nickel
A local union leader is optimistic that plans for a nickel recovery facility at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio will go ahead, even though a chief congressional backer lost his reelection bid. Last month, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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News & Analysis
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