Vol. 30, No. 27 
Washington State Says DOE Must Get Moving to Remove Waste From Single-Shell Tanks
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Cleanup & Remediation
Second Lawsuit Filed Over Portsmouth Site Contamination Claims
Two class-action lawsuits have now been filed against companies doing work at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio since a nearby middle school was closed due to the potential spread of radioactive contamination. On June 28, two individuals who have… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Fluor Idaho Nears End of Waste Processing at Drum Accident Site
Repackaging of radioactive sludge waste at the site of an April 2018 drum breach at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory is nearly complete, according to a monthly report filed with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. Site cleanup contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Oak Ridge Cleanup Contractor Assessing Contaminated Soil
The AECOM-led contractor in charge of environmental remediation at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee is in the early stages of dealing with soil near the old K-25 building with a higher-than-expected contamination level. On June 13, URS-CH2M… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
West Valley Legislation Ready for Senate Panel Consideration
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s energy subcommittee is scheduled next Tuesday to consider legislation to reauthorize Energy Department cleanup at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York. The West Valley Reauthorization Act, H.R.… 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
New Mexico Appeals Court Expects Waste Volume Status Report Soon
The New Mexico Court of Appeals expects a status report by July 31 on mediation between the parties in litigation over changes to the way the Department of Energy calculates the underground volume of transuranic material at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Comment Period Starts for WTP Permit Changes
Bechtel and the Energy Department are accepting public comment through Aug. 30 on a proposed modification to the Washington state Department of Ecology hazardous waste permit for the Low-Activity Waste and Effluent Management facilities being built at the Hanford… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap Up: State Sets Public Meeting on Los Alamos
The New Mexico Environment Department will kick off the first in a series of public outreach meetings a week from today with a discussion of its oversight of the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The July 9 meeting will focus on the mission… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]