Vol. 37, No. 24 
Hoist problems suspend WIPP shipments until August
-
Transuranic Waste
WIPP waste shipments cut short due to shutdown
Transuranic (TRU) waste shipments to the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. were cut short in May, after issues with both of the facility’s hoists led to a temporary shutdown. Prior to the shutdown, WIPP received… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
EM rebranding could happen soon, Walsh says
The Department of Energy is getting closer to renaming its nuclear cleanup branch, the head of what is currently the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) told a gathering of industry contractors Wednesday in Washington, D.C. EM is “soon to be the Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
-
Budget & Policy
Fleischmann expects House vote on appropriations bill next week
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) expects the full House of Representatives to take up the fiscal 2027 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill next week. “We will go to the floor next week.” Fleischmann told the annual meeting of the Energy Facility… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
-
Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus to provide nuclear fuel for Oklo’s reactors under letter of intent
Centrus Energy and Oklo signed a letter of intent Thursday that would have Centrus supply high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to fuel up to five of Oklo’s Aurora powerhouse reactors. According to Centrus’ press release, the company would provide HALEU from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
Reviews underway after SRS crane contacts powerline
A Department of Energy Savannah River Site contractor and a safety watchdog are looking at an early May mishap where a crane boom struck a powerline along an access road in the saltstone area of the complex. The incident was laid out in two separate Defense Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! […]
-
Budget & Policy
Newhouse defends proposed Hanford appropriation in newspaper column
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), the longtime incumbent whose district adjoins the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, used a Sunday opinion column in the Tri-City Herald to defend proposed fiscal 2027 nuclear cleanup funding for Hanford in the bill passed by House… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
-
Budget & Policy
Crowded field in open primary for House seat now held by Newhouse
Eleven candidates, including multiple Republicans, have filed paperwork with Washington state election officials to compete in an Aug. 4 primary to help select a successor to incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) in the state’s 4th congressional district. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Zeno picks battery-making site; Veolia hires ex-Amentum manager; Navarro enters partnership; much more
Zeno Power, a Seattle-based maker of nuclear batteries, has selected the Vallecitos Nuclear Center in Sunol, Calif. For a manufacturing facility, the company said Thursday. Additionally, Zeno also partnered with nuclear decommissioning company NorthStar to help… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]