Vol. 27, No. 10 Moniz Stands Firm on Pu Disposal, ACP, Hanford
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford ORP Tank AY-102 Pumping Starts
The Department of Energy and its tank farm contractor met their deadline to start emptying waste from double-shell Tank AY-102 with several thousand gallons of liquid removed by Thursday afternoon. “The state is pleased with the efforts of DOE and Washington… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Whistleblower Alleged WRPS Wasted $20M on Leaky Hanford Tank
A former employee of Energy Department contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) alleged the company bilked the federal government out of $20 million by covering up a leak in the double-shelled liquid-waste Tank AY-102 at the Hanford Site near… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Gets Two More Years to Plan Disposal of Hanford TRU
The Energy Department has received two more years to come up with a plan for sending transuranic waste stored at the Hanford Site near Richland, Wash., to New Mexico for permanent disposal, but the waste must still be shipped out by 2030, according to a recently… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Axes North Dakota Borehole Project
Department of Energy contractors are abandoning plans to conduct a deep-borehole nuclear waste storage field test near Rugby, N.D., in response to formal opposition from the local county commission. Originally scheduled to break ground Sept. 1, the estimated five-year, $35 million project, proposed across 20 acres of state land, would have produced data on whether […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Design Continues Despite Concerns About Oak Ridge Landfill
While concerns have been raised about the proposed location of the Department of Energy’s new CERCLA landfill in Oak Ridge, Tenn., a DOE contractor is continuing to work on design of the waste-disposal facility. The department is evaluating a number of sites… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At Hanford: DOE Issues Hanford Tank Contract RFI
The Department of Energy has issued a request for information as an early step toward plans for a Hanford Office of River Protection tank farm contract or contracts for post-fiscal 2018. It described the request as market research, emphasizing that no proposals are being sought yet. In October DOE issued a similar request for information […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At LANL: DNFSB Schedules Hearing on LANL Area G
Following up on remaining safety issues related to the hazardous waste repository at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Area G, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has announced plans to hold a public hearing in Santa Fe on March 22. In a prepared statement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Nevada: DOE Taking Applications for Nevada SSAB
The Energy Department said Tuesday it is taking applications for membership on the Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board, which provides citizen feedback about the agency’s ongoing nuclear operations and cleanup activities at the Nevada National Security Site. “Ideal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge: New Y-12 Mercury Treatment Design Advances
The biggest problems typically attract the most attention in environmental cleanup, and that’s why every step in the development of a new mercury treatment facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee is monitored, measured, and put up for critique. The Department of Energy – as well as outside observers, such as U.S. Sen. […]
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Transuranic Waste
Wrap Up: Moniz Still Confident in December WIPP Reopening
Moniz Still Confident WIPP Will Reopen in December The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. should reopen in December as scheduled, DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz told Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) in a Thursday hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “We believe we are on schedule for safely restarting operations later […]