Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 44 DOE’s Proposed Oak Ridge Landfill Drawing Controversy
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Removes 2 Million Tons of Chromium-Contaminated Soil
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/20/2015 Washington Closure Hanford has completed digging up most of the chromium contamination near the Columbia River at the Hanford Site, excavating down to more than 85 feet in some places and removing more than 2 million tons of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Winds Spread Minute Amounts of Contamination at Hanford
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/20/2015 Winds that gusted up to 70 mph this week at the Hanford Site in Washington state spread very small amounts of radioactive contamination to within 40 feet of a public highway. Washington Closure Hanford has had problems with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
At Carlsbad
WC Monitor 11/20/2015 WIPP EOC Conducting Performance Tests in Advance of Readiness Reviews Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Emergency Operations Center (WIPP/EOC) staff earlier this month conducted a series of “Limited Scope Performance Tests” testing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
NMED Calls Out DOE’s Cost Estimate for LANL Cleanup
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/20/2015 The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management is remaining mum on its latest cost estimate for cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, after New Mexico’s top environment official this week knocked… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Sources: MOX Will Be Funded through FY 16
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/20/2015 Funding for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility is expected to be included in the final fiscal 2016 appropriations bill after President Barack Obama’s official funding request clattered its way through scrupulous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Publication Notice
As is our annual practice, WC Monitor will not publish next week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The next regular issue will be in your inbox on Dec. 4. The Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will be published Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Board Votes to Use Levied DOE Dollars for Waste Missions
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/20/2015 The Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EMSSAB) gained traction Tuesday in efforts to redirect money collected from missed cleanup milestones at Department of Energy sites back to those same cleanup projects.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE, Wash. State Propose New Milestones for Hanford Cleanup Decree
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/20/2015 The Department of Energy is proposing to have all parts of the Hanford Site Waste Treatment Plant operating by 2039, but also wants a system to allow extensions for that and other milestones in the court-enforced consent decree… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Multiple Inadequacies Caused SRNS Plutonium Storage Mishap
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/20/2015 The improper storage of plutonium by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) employees resulted from a willful procedure violation by the SRNS work team, according to the Department of Energy. SRNS discovered on Sept. 3 that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Could Mull non-IWTU Treatment Options for Idaho Waste
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/20/2015 Depending on the results of a forthcoming month-long simulation test, the Energy Department will decide whether to change the planned course for disposing of some 900,000 gallons of liquid radioactive waste stored in steel… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NRC Cites Welding Violation at MOX Facility
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/20/2015 Some welding on the Savannah River Site’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) may be redone following a violation detected during an inspection last month. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission noted that design documents… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Committee Advances Three DOE Nominees
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/20/2015 The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday favorably reported out three top Energy Department nominees. Despite opposition expressed by committee member Rob Portman (R-Ohio) over announced funding cuts for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Contracts & Procurement
EnergySolutions to Purchase Competitor
Karl Herchenroeder and Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/20/2015 EnergySolutions announced Thursday that it had reached a tentative agreement to purchase competitor Waste Control Specialists for $270 million. The announcement came just days after the Utah-based nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Ohio State Lawmakers Want Message Supporting ACP Sent to Congress
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/20/2015 In perhaps a last-ditch effort to save the Piketon, Ohio, piece of the American Centrifuge Project, Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Cliff Rosenberger and state Rep. Terry Johnson (R) are calling for the Ohio legislature… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]