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- EM-1 nominee Walsh stresses bio in Senate testimony
- SRS crews could double-stack 300 waste canisters in fiscal 2025
- Nuclear contractors to report earnings in coming weeks
- UCS, Hawley praise inclusion of radiation compensation in megabill
- DNFSB seeks DOE briefing on WIPP emergency escapeway
- WIPP shipment rates gradually rebounding, GAO finds
- AtkinsRéalis COO leaving, exec hires announced
- Wrap Up: High court won’t block layoff plans; Hanford energizes new power line; Groups seek DOE action on backend; more
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- Acting DNFSB Chair Summers could stick around past October
- NRC, DOE consider calcine cleanup plans at Idaho lab
- Energysec Wright touts plan to end NEPA ‘permitting paralysis’
- House Appropriations panel seeks to slash GAO funding
- DOE makes headway on emptying SRS tanks
- Revised figures: WIPP received 53 TRU waste shipments in May
- Wrap Up: Hanford office trailers come down; K-25 soil cleanup complete; Spent fuel moved at INL
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- BWXT-led Cleanup Alliance takes over at West Valley with $3B contract
- WRPS to pay $6.5M to settle federal whistleblower fraud claim
- Catawba-led JV wins $85M tech services contract
- Holtec considers becoming publicly-traded company
- GAO finds WIPP still needs plenty of infrastructure work
- Concrete slab plummets 1,400 feet down WIPP shaft, no injuries
- Energysec pleads for Senate to confirm more DOE lieutenants
- Holtec praises high court ruling, but hurdles remain for N.M. spent fuel project
- Wrap Up: Ex-DOE exec Dabbar confirmed; UPF enters home stretch; EM puts out updated org chart
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- New Mexico chides NNSA, Triad over tritium containers
- High court finds Texas, Fasken not eligible to challenge NRC license for ISP
- Insiders react to Supreme Court’s interim waste storage decision
- Revised figures: WIPP received 53 TRU waste shipments in May
- EnergySolutions completes grouting Hanford test bed waste
- Safety watchdog board needs a quorum: citizen groups
- Southern Ohio Cleanup to take Portsmouth reins Oct. 1
- EnergySec grilled on cutting national lab funding, says ‘open’ to expanding
- SRS waste contractor completes pipe upgrades during outage
- Wrap Up: Hanford to develop ‘super cell’; DOE extends HALEU contract with Centrus; WCS cites rail shipments; Rick Perry to Nano board; more
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- Supreme Court decision looms as nuclear sector reviews Trump exec orders
- Radwaste Summit optimism tempered with concern
- With nuclear interest surging, public trust key, speakers say
- Hanford workers install missing link from tanks to WTP
- SRS relying on SWPF improvements to treat more liquid waste
- Griffin tapped as new SRNS CEO, replacing departing Carr
- Three new contractor teams coming onboard for PPPO
- EnergySec Wright defends shrinking workforce at DOE, says clarity on reorg coming soon
- Advanced Manufacturing center nearly ready to go, SRS boss says
- Wrap Up: N3B sends pipes to WIPP; BWXT-led team wins Canadian lab biz; Alaskan air base picked for Oklo nuke; more
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- Atkins-led team gets notice to proceed on DUF6 contract
- WIPP, Oak Ridge among sites trimmed under fiscal 2026 request
- DOE cleanup office removes ‘acting’ from Olds, Deshong field manager titles
- DNFSB could receive 7% increase in Trump 2026 request
- Trump turns to high court after appeals panel continues hold on further mass layoffs
- DOE nominees await Senate floor vote
- Wrap: Demo finished on prototype; NorthStar wins DoD contract; BWXT taps new HR boss; more
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- GAO: Environmental Management needs integrated waste disposal plan
- Executive order halts surplus plutonium disposal; exempts South Carolina
- DOE, Bechtel enhance simulant to test vitrification of liquid tank waste
- Changing of the guard set for Savannah River cleanup contractor
- Savannah River winds down legacy TRU waste shipments to WIPP
- Trump orders seek to speed reactor construction on commercial, defense sites
- Savannah River Site MOX settlement money pays for local waste station
- First DOE data center announcement sought within 90 days
- Wrap Up: DOE lifts certain restrictions; Navarro pares lab workforce; Amentum JV lands Norway biz
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- DOE market research on data centers draws a crowd
- Federal judge issues preliminary injunction holding up plans for more mass layoffs
- Chung becomes latest DOE nuclear cleanup exec to depart government
- Harkins officially appointed DOE acting manager at Hanford
- Murray says funding uncertainty having impact at Hanford
- In Senate panel testimony, Jarrell cites liquid waste progress
- Los Alamos cleanup bosses talk staffing, fire safety
- Board told it’s time to worry more about military attacks on reactors
- Wrap Up: Expect Trump nuke orders; House passes big bill; DOE transfers land; BWXT completes purchase; Va. Congressman dies; more
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- BWXT adds former EM, NNSA executives
- 9th Circuit wants briefs on motion to block temporary restraining order on layoffs
- WIPP receives 49 shipments in April, most since August
- Hanford TRU facility could start operation in 2033
- Contractors selected for Canada’s nuclear waste repository
- AtkinsRéalis reports strong first quarter
- Danly confirmed as deputy energy secretary, others wait
- BWXT announces CFO turnover
- Dismantling of X-333 Process Building starts at Portsmouth
- Wrap Up; EnergySolutions seeks Kewaunee site permit; ex-prosecutors join firm; Ecology fills Hanford job; more
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- Bechtel could continue work at Hanford vit plant into 2026
- Spring outage underway for SRS liquid waste operations
- Wright foresees no slowdown in EM cleanup
- Democrats press DOE’s Wright for response to inquiries
- Amentum reports increased earnings, cites nuclear biz
- BWXT has strong quarter, sees opportunities from Oak Ridge land purchase
- ECA likes the idea of citing AI data centers at DOE nuclear sites
- UCOR fills basement of Y-12 Beta-1 facility with concrete-like material
- WRPS seeks audit help to close books on Hanford tank work
- AtkinsRealis adds trio of managers to U.S. operations
- Wrap Up: DOE noms clear Senate panel; EM gets new chief of staff; NNSA sets pits meetings; more
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- Hanford ships 2,000 gallons of tank waste to Texas, Utah for grouting
- Trump unveils 2026 “skinny” budget with DoD increases and DOE refocus to nuclear
- Many familiar faces exit DOE nuclear complex during Trump 2.0
- Idaho, DOE announce ‘targeted waiver’ of settlement agreement
- With WIPP again receiving shipments, new ventilation system nearly ready
- With Vance departure, Harkins becomes top acting boss at Hanford
- DOE awards a $74.8 million contract for Oak Ridge support services
- Fluor earnings fall, revenue rises during first quarter
- Attacks on nuclear power plants on agenda for National Academies panel
- Wrap Up: Waste Strategy elects officers; Dem won’t seek re-election; Smith heads DOE unit; Livermore icon Foster dies
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- EM senior exec Sosson lauds DOE staff amid retirements
- EM approves critical decision 4 for WIPP SSCVS project
- NRC Commissioner says doesn’t know the future of NRC under Trump, ‘Does anybody?’
- Sam Altman leaves Oklo board, Jacob DeWitte steps up
- TVA intends to submit SMR construction permit for Clinch River site
- NRC regional administrator steps down after 30 years with the agency
- Various weapons complex officials advance
- Lacking a quorum, DNFSB could lose another member in 2025
- Wrap-up: North Wind Dynamics gets Paducah contract; Legacy waste milestone at West Valley; Anti-nuclear activist petitions Three Mile Island name change; more
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- Letters to Secretary Wright criticize cuts to funds, request workforce numbers
- Portsmouth completes controversial fourth cell construction at On-Site Waste Disposal Facility
- EnergySolutions secures U.S. Department of Navy waste management contracts
- DOE report says Hanford cleanup costs $72 billion above 2022 estimate for lower range
- City of Oak Ridge reworking airport plans given Orano project
- Hanford safety report ‘inapplicable’ for mass-exceeding waste box, DNFSB report says
- WIPP Records First Waste Shipments Since Annual Outage
- BWXT acquires land for domestic uranium enrichment, NNSA signals intent for sole-source
- Wrap up: Oak Ridge disposes of 50-year-old legacy waste; Ohio lawmakers send EnergySec letter; Trump extends hiring freeze; Appropriations chair says ‘skinny budget’ incoming
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- Roger Jarrell to head up DOE nuclear cleanup office
- Harkins picked as acting DOE Hanford deputy
- DOE eyes weapons complex for building data centers
- Draft RFPs for Portsmouth, Paducah could be out in July
- Public weapons complex stocks decline, then bounce back
- WIPP annual outage winds down, waste disposal resumes
- Amid layoff anxiety, more DOE buyouts loom
- Supreme Court blocks district judge injunction for probationary employees
- Senate Energy votes to confirm Danly
- Wrap Up: Leidos, MITRE plan layoffs; Mullis joins UCOR; Leidos adds VP
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- Dem AGs appeal lack of nationwide injunction for probationary feds
- DOE gears up for next round of federal buyouts, retirements
- Savannah River execs outline fiscal 2025 plutonium downblend goals
- Hanford boss departure, DOGE layoffs trouble citizen group director
- Acting manager Olds steps in at Oak Ridge cleanup office
- Deputy energy secretary nominee Danly testifies for Senate panel
- Idaho wrestles with corrosion on old TRU drums
- Fleischmann wants most “robust” 2026 DOE budget reality allows
- Meeting set on Hanford contact-handled TRU waste center
- Wrap Up: Senate GOP has budget plan; Amentum sets earnings call; Fluor appoints top HR manager; EM posts org chart; Johnston dies
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- DOE Hanford manager Brian Vance resigns
- Judge seeks more filings in Dem AGs challenge to mass layoffs
- Public comment period underway on Hanford grout analysis
- West Valley nuclear cleanup boss touts progress
- Former federal nuclear cleanup execs open to new work
- Savannah River advisory panel welcomes interim EM site manager
- Trump nominees for weapons complex await hearings
- Claims office for sick DOE nuclear workers targeted by DOGE
- Wrap Up: INL seeks startup investors; Lee probes use of China tech; obituary
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- EM contracts go under magnifying glass in search of DOGE savings
- With judge’s restraining order, DOE staffers being reinstated
- Nuclear board urges waste repository, specific site must be identified
- Livermore crews prepare to remove concrete slab at Building 251
- Stopgap passage keeps government open through Sept. 30
- Amentum boss lauds Oak Ridge for cleanup, bid development
- Locals still have fingers crossed on major Hanford solar project
- Perma-Fix sees bumpy financial results in 2024
- Santa Fe commissioners leery of LANL expansion into Northern New Mexico
- Wrap Up: EnergySolutions taps new ops VP; Amentum selects UK exec; NRC publishes new digest; obituaries
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- Colorado developer Walsh nominated to head Environmental Management
- Federal attendance down, anxiety up annual Waste Management
- Top Senate Democrat Schumer backs CR over government shutdown
- Hanford deputy manager Stickney leaving DOE
- DOE planning large-scale grouting at Hanford
- Hanford lost 51 to job cuts, manager says
- No decisions yet on fate of DOE Cleanup to Clean Energy
- Bechtel appoints Dena Volovar to head nuclear subsidiary
- Cleanup office, DOE Legacy Management already talking Moab handoff
- Congressman gets GSA memo on keeping WIPP building
- Wrap Up: DOE exec talks costs; Canada touts waste site process; NNSA issues RFP; more
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- Longtime DOE hand Chung becomes acting EM chief
- Senator says EnergySec Wright will preserve WIPP, Carlsbad facilities
- Carlsbad, Los Alamos could be hard hit by EM buyouts
- Commissioning of new WIPP ventilation system is done, DOE says
- GAO 2025 high-risk update cites progress for DOE nuclear cleanup
- Jeff Kendall appointed president of AtkinsRéalis US nuclear business
- DOE health and safety boss accepts buyout
- June completion planned for SRNL manufacturing center
- Wrap Up: Canada inks reactor deal; LANL collects radioactive devices; Amentum hires top legal officer; more
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- Bechtel pockets about 95% of DOE fee for 2024 work at Hanford plant
- BWXT-led team starts West Valley transition, keeps several bosses
- Top EM boss at SRS, other managers taking buyouts, according to list
- Administration tells agencies to prepare for deeper cuts, layoffs
- H2C takes control of Hanford liquid waste
- Wright tells DOE employees to hold off on OPM email response
- DOE fixture Owendoff not worried about federal brain drain on cleanup
- IWTU down again until June
- BWXT earnings buoyed by weapons complex wins, nuclear power
- DNFSB delivers weapons complex safety roundup for EnergySec Wright
- N3B finishes cutting up corrugated metal pipes at Los Alamos
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- Oak Ridge DOE cleanup boss Mullis to retire
- Sources: Senior execs leaving DOE weapons complex
- Ex-NRC commissioner Baran takes buyout option, leaves DOE
- GAO dismisses Bechtel group protest, DOE reconsiders PPPO award
- Ranking appropriations Dems demand DOE briefing on layoffs
- Hanford job cuts decried by Washington Dems
- Fluor passes CEO reins to Breuer; Constable becomes exec chair
- Fluor reports strong results for fourth quarter, full-year 2024
- Parsons touts big fourth quarter, full 2024 earnings
- Wrap Up; McConnell to retire; WIPP undamaged by quake; LANL public comment extended; more
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- Judge unblocks deferred retirement ‘fork,’ OPM closes program
- Too early to gauge impact of Hanford departures, says site boss
- Mass terminations hit NNSA this week, probationary employees laid off
- DOE manager updates contractor, infrastructure issues at Hanford
- Incoming Hanford tank waste contractor lines up workforce
- Tennessee gov plans $50M to support TVA small modular reactor
- Wrap Up: Hanford workers get snow day; Perma-Fix hires COO; North Wind manager retires; more
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- Judge sets hearing on “fork” buyouts; Murray balks as exodus rumors spread
- Energy nerd Wright hits nuclear themes with DOE staff
- Wright confirmed as secretary of energy, winning support of 59 senators
- Amentum reports stronger first quarter earnings; not worried about Musk cuts
- With Connery departure, DNFSB slips to 2 members, loses quorum
- Community groups request 45 day extension of LANL EIS comment period
- SRS crews continue double-stacking bins at second building
- Centrus quarterly revenue up, net earnings down for fourth quarter
- Wrap Up: Fitzsimmons becomes DOE staff chief; waste board member confirms resignation request; more
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- Avery moves over to NNSA, Robertson stays at EM
- SRNS boss Carr “not politicking for” EM-1 job
- Nuclear agencies, other feds face “fork in the road”
- Tweaks to SWPF should improve production, Savannah River boss says
- Burgum confirmed as Interior sec; Wright inches closer to vote
- SRNS draws up master campus plan for Savannah River
- White House seeks resignation of NWTRB members
- Ex-DNFSB manager takes power industry job
- Wrap Up: Senate RECA bill revived; Cadre buys Carr’s nuclear; Management Solutions acquires KeySource; more
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- Acting secretary pauses DOE RFPs, reports pending review
- Wright DOE nomination advances 15-5; Cantwell votes no
- Trump orders hiring freeze; nixes remote work
- Departing chair talks safety board nominations, challenges
- Wind and solar won’t work for lab; controversial powerline needed, LANL says
- Times, details posted for ETEC public scoping sessions in February
- Nevada Senate delegation reintroduces anti-Yucca legislation
- Changes underway at small biz office
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- Energy nominee Wright vows to back Hanford cleanup
- Granholm bids DOE adieu; Kolb to be acting secretary
- Feds, Washington state finalize holistic Hanford tank waste agreement
- WIPP shipments decline for 2024, according to annual data
- Trump selects ex-FERC commissioner Danly for deputy secretary of energy
- ECA hires deputy director with nuclear consulting background
- WIPP prime expected to receive keys to new ventilation system
- Carlsbad mayor backs WIPP legacy waste plan; critics unimpressed
- Annual maintenance outage keeps WIPP offline into March
- Trump taps Brandon Williams as his NNSA administrator nomination
- House appropriations leaders make subcommittee assignments
- Wrap Up: Trump taps Gil to lead DOE science; House member plugs RECA; Vandy lands DOE research grant
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- Contractor lockout of Hanford Guards Union ends after vote
- More time in the office, fewer RFPs, not many big changes to EM seen under Trump 2
- Clock expires on Ike White’s nomination to DNFSB
- DOE finds ‘many challenges’ to developing 2nd WIPP-like repository
- Los Alamos chromium plume task force stresses flexibility, technology
- USW union prez to retire at Portsmouth
- Portsmouth cleanup staff cautiously returns to work
- Wrap up: Fires avoid ETEC so far; EnergySec hearing coming up; DOE awards emergency training contract
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- Feds, contractors, others still face 2024 to-do lists
- Hanford scorecards show HMIS bouncing back; WRPS fee slips
- EM contractors at WIPP, Los Alamos earn most of ’24 fee
- DOE scorecard lauds SRNS role in transition; lab contractor wins high marks
- Incoming Hanford contractor to start hiring next month
- Amentum earnings fall but future looks bright, Heller says
- WIPP receives 36 shipments during November
- Next Paducah solicitation could be released in March
- Wrap up: DOE seeks comment on ETEC cleanup; Lujan bill urges more lab tech; New bosses appointed
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- N3B has final two-year option picked up at Los Alamos
- NDAA matches Biden request for defense cleanup spending; keys expedited cleanup
- Clock ticking on Ike White nomination to DNFSB
- Follow-up protest filed over Portsmouth/Paducah contract award
- USW, North Wind reach labor deal at Portsmouth
- Labor dispute drags on after union guards vote down latest HMIS proposal
- Early comments criticize DOE WIPP legacy disposal plan
- Groundwater study marks next step in Oak Ridge landfill work, DOE says
- Feds, Idaho weigh elk hunting expansion around laboratory
- Wrap up: Hanford warehouse space sought; EPA boss could head Wash. Ecology; AtkinsRéalis picked for SMR project
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- Unionized guards to vote on latest HMIS offer; seek ‘medical autonomy’
- Enviro liability, pits, cyber atop OIG concerns for DOE
- SRS shoring up field rep safety oversight program, DNFSB told
- Entire 8th Circuit asked to hear Coldwater Creek appeal
- Judge rejects request to fiddle with Rocky Flats hiking trail decision
- West Valley contends with big snow
- Wrap up: EnergySolutions looks at reactors; Locals discuss LANL monument; Fluor CFO to retire; more;
