RadWaste Vol. 9 No. 1 Nevada Cites Rainwater, Corrosion in Rad Waste Fire
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
While We Were Out
Congress was out and Washington was empty, but that didn’t stop news from breaking during our annual publication break. As chronicled in the Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, here are a few stories that we’ve been following. DOE Formally Begins… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
EPA to Build Barrier at West Lake Landfill
Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/8/2016 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will build an isolation barrier at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Mo., to ensure that an underground fire doesn’t come into contact… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Initiates Deep Borehole Rad Waste Storage Test Project
Chris Schneidmiller WC Monitor 1/8/2016 Initial preparations have begun on a Department of Energy project to drill a 16,000-foot borehole in North Dakota to test the use of such formations for storage of high-level radioactive waste, lead contractor Battelle… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Army Corps Sticks With $350M Cleanup Plan in Pittsburgh
Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/8/2016 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will stay the course with its $350.2 million cleanup effort at a nuclear waste site in the Pittsburgh area, which was originally estimated at $44.5 million in 2007. In a record of decision… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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International
Wylfa Plant in U.K. Shuts Down After 44 Years
Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/8/2016 The Wylfa Nuclear Power Station in Anglesey, Wales, was shut down on Dec. 30, ending a 44-year run for the United Kingdom’s oldest nuclear plant. The closure comes five years later than originally planned. Operator… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
SHINE Locks Up Half of Funding for $100M Isotope Facility
Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 1/8/2016 SHINE Medical Technologies has raised $11.5 million of debt financing, bringing the total fundraising for its planned $100 million radioisotope production facility planned in Janesville, Wis., to nearly $50 million. Katrina… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up
IN THE U.S. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced last week that it is testing storm-water runoff from the Bridgeton Landfill for contamination. An announcement posted on the department’s website Tuesday says the agency was notified the day… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]