Vol. 37, No. 20 
Newhouse defends $2.8B Hanford funding level in committee proposal
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Budget & Policy
Many EM sites get trimmed in House Apps bill
The full House Appropriations Committee voted 34-25 this week to approve about $7.7 billion for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management for fiscal 2027. That would be less than the $8.5 billion enacted by Congress for fiscal 2026 and the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Vitrification & Grout
DOE has many details to work out in Hanford grout plan
The Department of Energy has plenty of details to iron out when it comes to grouting low-level radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report Wednesday. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Environmental Management brain drain grew worse in 2025, GAO finds
Staffing vacancies in key positions at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) have grown more acute, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report made public Tuesday. The office in charge of nuclear cleanup at Cold War and Manhattan Project sites “has become further understaffed since GAO reported on EM’s workforce […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP receives 55 TRU shipments in April, most since September
Shipments to the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) appear to be back in full swing, with the facility receiving 55 waste shipments in April. That’s the highest total since the 61 shipments of defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford WTP turns 100,000 gallons of waste into glass form
The Department of Energy and its construction manager for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) said Tuesday the facility has now vitrified 100,000 gallons of liquid tank waste into a solid glass form. “Each gallon of immobilized waste brings us… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE, N3B say chromium plume remains unmitigated but no risk to drinking water
LOS ALAMOS N.M. — Federal cleanup managers told the Los Alamos Board of Public Utilities on Wednesday that a hexavalent chromium plume migrating from beneath Los Alamos National Laboratory remains “uncontrolled” although there remains no threat to local drinking… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Public rips NNSA pit plan as ‘retroactive rubber stamp’
SANTA FE, N.M. — Residents, advocates and technical experts said here last week that a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) environmental review on plutonium pit production understates risks to water resources, worker safety and communities along transport… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
GOP incumbents around INL, Paducah Site coast through primaries
Republican incumbents easily won their party primaries Tuesday in Idaho, where the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is based. Meanwhile in Kentucky, the GOP House of Representatives member representing DOE’s Paducah Site also won his primary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap Up: Fire restrictions at Los Alamos; Would D.C welcome a reactor; NRC member gets full term; more
The wildfire-prone New Mexico county where the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory is located has entered “stage 1 fire restrictions,” according to a recent post from the Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities. “Fire Marshal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]