RadWaste Vol. 8 No. 6 WCS Set To Announce Plans for Interim Storage Facility
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Senate E&W Approps Chair to Push For Yucca, Interim Storage
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) plans to re-introduce legislation in the coming weeks that would overhaul the nation’s nuclear waste policy and will advocate for both a repository and interim storage sites, Alexander said in remarks at the Nuclear Energy Institute this week. Alexander […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Canada Names Teams to Receive Chalk River RFP
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 Natural Resources Canada released late last week the names of the four teams that will receive the Request for Proposal to manage the Government-owned Contractor-operated contract for the Chalk River Laboratories. The teams include: Canadian National Energy Alliance (CNEA), made up of: CH2M HILL Canada Limited; Fluor Government Group […]
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Decommissioning
More Investigation Needed Outside SLDA Site, EPA Report Says
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 More investigation is needed to determine if additional radiological contamination exists outside the fence line of the Shallow Land Disposal Area in Armstrong County, Pa., a recent Environmental Protection Agency report said. Following a request from an activist, the EPA went through a trough of documents containing information about […]
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Decommissioning
Galveston City Council Gives Go-Ahead to Sturgis Decommissioning
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 Despite earlier outcry from the Galveston, Texas, City Council over the Army Corps of Engineers’ planned decommissioning of the Sturgis Barge last year, the city council approved the permit needed to move forward with the project in the city’s port late last month. USACE completed an Environmental Assessment as […]
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International
Fukushima Work Resumes Following Safety Investigation
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 Work resumed this week at the Fukushima-Daiichi Power Station cleanup following the death of two workers last month. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) suspended work at the site until a full safety review into the two separate worker deaths could be completed. As a result of the review, […]
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Contracts & Procurement
EnergySolutions Awarded Y-12 Water Treatment Contract
Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 EnergySolutions was awarded a liquid waste treatment contract at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, the company announced this week. The contract, which includes a base period of two years with two one-year options, calls for the operation of eight wastewater treatment facilities and their supporting infrastructure […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up
RW Monitor 2/6/2015 IN CONGRESS Lawmakers are set to begin considering the Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2016 budget request next week with separate hearings planned in the House and Senate. On Feb. 11, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz is scheduled to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power beginning […]