Vol. 7, No. 48 GAO seeks 3rd party review of DOE cleanup’s end state contract model
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Accelerated de-inventory plan keeps Savannah River flexible, DOE manager says
Expedited spent fuel removal is underway at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, now that the agency has decided not to recover high-enriched uranium from the L-Basin storage area, a manager told a federal advisory board Tuesday. “We just kept recovering and kept recovering … and we did not have a […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate to vote on stopgap ‘23 budget Thrusday
The full Senate was set to vote Thursday on a temporary budget bill for fiscal year 2023, setting up most Department of Energy nuclear programs to continue operating with this year’s budget through Dec. 16. On Tuesday, Senators voted 72-23 to invoke cloture on the bill that will become the continuing resolution, removing a procedural […]
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Decommissioning
Last of Vermont Yankee’s low-level waste to be packaged in October, NorthStar says
The company in charge of decommissioning a former Vermont nuclear power plant aims to load and store the last of the facility’s low-level waste next month, according to a Wednesday statement from its CEO. NorthStar, which is in the process of dismantling Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, “anticipates being able to load the Greater than […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Tropical storm conditions expected around Savannah River Site
Tropical storm conditions are possible Friday around Aiken County, S.C., and the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site, according to the National Weather Service. Wind gusts of up to 32 miles per hour are expected today with showers possible, according to today’s forecast. The chance of precipitation is 90% Friday and rain is expected to […]