Vol. 31, No. 45 
Amid ‘COVID-19 Fatigue,’ New Cases Nearly Double; Reported Death at WIPP
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Transuranic Waste
GAO Finds WIPP Facing Multiple Issues Including Space, Construction Projects
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant could run out of space if the number of waste drums bound for the New Mexico site keeps increasing, or if a new underground accounting system is thrown out by the courts, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday. The report landed as the site, DOE’s only deep-underground […]
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Transuranic Waste
Oak Ridge Cleanup RFP Coming December, Moab RFP in January
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management anticipates issuing a solicitation for a new long-term cleanup contract next month at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. That is the last request for proposal (RFP) the agency’s nuclear-cleanup office plans to issue this calendar year, according to a quarterly update posted Thursday on a federal […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Groundwater Sampling Slowed by COVID-19
The Department of Energy’s 2020 groundwater sampling goals for the Hanford Site in Washington state are going to miss their target largely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an agency official said this week. . Out of the 2,500 or so groundwater samples normally taken at the former plutonium production complex in the course of a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford System Plan 9 Suggests Cleanup Likely to Cost More, Take Longer
Cleaning up the former plutonium production complex at the Hanford Site in Washington state could be even more costly and take longer than expected, a Department of Energy official said Wednesday during a virtual meeting. The forecast is from DOE’s ninth and latest revision of the River Protection Project System Plan. Brian Harkins, the agency’s […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Magistrate Sets Status Conference in Case Against Portsmouth Contractors
A federal magistrate judge has set a status conference Dec. 8 to discuss discovery issues in a lawsuit brought by Southern Ohio residents against current and former contractors at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers set the conference to discuss issues in the lawsuit brought in May […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Numbers Still Way Down for 2020; Carlsbad Tech Contract Briefing Draws Around 60
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 25 shipments of transuranic waste during October, which is marginally better than the 21 shipments during the same month in 2019. That is according to DOE’s public database for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which also shows shipments for this pandemic-hobbled year […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
California Congressional Race Looking Like a Photo Finish
With more than 335,000 ballots cast in California’s 25th congressional district, incumbent Mike Garcia (R) has widened his lead to 466 votes over Christy Smith (D) as of Thursday evening, according to the Santa Clara Signal and other outlets. Garcia’s lead had dipped to slightly over 100 votes at one point, according to news reports. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Hanford Area Congressman Newhouse Tests Positive
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), whose district includes the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, announced Wednesday he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. Newhouse, who represents Washington’s 4th congressional district, tweeted that he “began to feel a little run down yesterday, so I took a COVID-19 test” and the results came […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
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