Vol. 36, No. 15 Letters to Secretary Wright criticize cuts to funds, request workforce numbers
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Portsmouth completes controversial fourth cell construction at On-Site Waste Disposal Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy’s office of Environmental Management announced Tuesday it has completed construction of the fourth On-Site Waste Disposal Facility cell at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The fourth cell will be used to dispose of debris of uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
EnergySolutions secures U.S. Department of Navy waste management contracts
EnergySolutions announced in a Tuesday press release it was awarded two government contracts that assist in nuclear waste management across prominent Naval sites in the United States. The Utah-based nuclear company was awarded new U.S. Navy Indefinite Delivery… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE report says Hanford cleanup costs $72 billion above 2022 estimate for lower range
In a Lifecycle report released every three years, the Department of Energy said costs to fully complete the nation’s biggest and most expensive nuclear cleanup in Washington State will be between $364 billion and $589.4 billion. The Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
City of Oak Ridge reworking airport plans given Orano project
The city of Oak Ridge, Tenn., is studying alternative sites for a municipal airport with land cleaned up by the Department of Energy now earmarked by Orano USA for a major uranium enrichment project. Although a local airport has been long sought by the city of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford safety report ‘inapplicable’ for mass-exceeding waste box, DNFSB report says
The DOE Hanford Site did not meet a technical safety requirement regarding the fissile mass of a waste box, according to a Feb. 28 report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Personnel at the site discovered the waste box with a fissile mass value exceeding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Records First Waste Shipments Since Annual Outage
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recorded 13 shipments in March, following an annual maintenance outage that kept it offline since January. The 13 shipments are the first since the facility accepted 29 shipments in December, and a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
BWXT acquires land for domestic uranium enrichment, NNSA signals intent for sole-source
BWX Technologies announced Tuesday it acquired 97 acres of land in Oak Ridge, Tenn. with the goal of rebuilding domestic uranium enrichment capabilities by manufacturing centrifuges. According to the emailed press release, the land acquisition would support DOE… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap up: Oak Ridge disposes of 50-year-old legacy waste; Ohio lawmakers send EnergySec letter; Trump extends hiring freeze; Appropriations chair says ‘skinny budget’ incoming
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR recently finished removing legacy radioactive waste that was stored at the site for more than 50 years, according to a DOE press release. The material was used by Oak Ridge in the 1970s for experiments… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]