Vol. 7, No. 70 Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, maker of NNSA’s tritium rods, gets 40-year license extension
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Transuranic Waste
August shipments propel WIPP ahead of performance in 2021
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received at least 23 shipments of defense-related transuranic waste during August, according to the public website. That’s far more than the seven received at the underground salt mine during August 2021. The increased number of shipments during the past month means the Waste Isolation […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Ex-staffer Joe Sempolinski poised to become a member of congress
The West Valley Demonstration Project, a nuclear cleanup site 35 miles south of Buffalo, N.Y., will again have a congressional member in the House of Representatives effective Tuesday, albeit a short timer. Republican Joe Sempolinski will be sworn in Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to represent the 23rd congressional district of New York, […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC proposes rad waste transport regs change for ‘harmonization’ with international standards
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday proposed a series of amendments to its regulations for packaging and transporting radioactive material, which the agency said would bring its oversight in line with international standards. The proposed changes, which NRC announced in a Federal Register notice Monday, are aimed at “harmonization with the International Atomic Energy Agency […]