Vol. 35, No. 36 
Hundreds of thousands of gallons of tank waste ready to be solidified at Hanford, site official says
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Cleanup & Remediation
Six-month CR fails again in House; seven working days til shutdown
WASHINGTON — After lurching back to the House floor Wednesday, the House speaker’s six-month continuing resolution again failed to rally enough support to pass the chamber. The bill went down 202-220, with 14 Republican holdouts, two Republicans voting present… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Judge declines to block walking trail near former Rocky Flats grounds
In court papers last week, a federal judge declined to stop construction of a walking trail that environmentalists said could endanger hikers near the demolished Rocky Flats plutonium pit factory in Colorado. Workers had planned to break ground on parts of a pedestrian… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Interim storage consortia progress report due in December, DOE official says
ARLINGTON, VA — Groups helping the Department of Energy define both consent and who may give it, when it comes to storage of spent nuclear fuel, will give the agency a progress report in December, an official said here Tuesday at an industry gathering. That should… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Rep. Wilson’s issues ‘resolved’ by pacemaker, lawmaker says
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who collapsed at an event in Washington last week, got a pacemaker and can return to his duties on Capitol Hill, he said Monday in a video message. “With the pacemaker implant, issues have been now resolved for my public service,”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Job listing for new SRNL director going up this week, official says
The Savannah River National Laboratory will this week formally begin its search for a new lab director, a Department of Energy official said Monday at a public meeting in South Carolina. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management will post a job announcement seeking… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP shipments dip year-over-year in August, but still pacing a gain over 2023
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 50 shipments of transuranic waste during August, according to DOE’s public website. Leading the shipments again was the Idaho National Laboratory, accounting for 36 of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
President of Nevada site prime to resign in fall
Garret Harencak plans to step down as president of the prime contractor of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nevada National Security Site, people familiar with his plans said this week. In August, the board of directors of Mission Support and Test… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]