Transuranic Waste

Legacy TRU waste work winding down at SRS, contractor says

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The Department of Energy’s inventory of legacy transuranic waste at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina has been winnowed to the point where the last such shipment to the underground disposal site in New Mexico could be only five years away, a federal advisory…

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Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

GAO planning several nuclear reports, including one with international scope

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

Wrap Up: Hanford disaster drill found lacking; NuSclae has plans for canceled reactors; Pantex bidder vetting underway; Piketon, Ohio mayor Spencer re-elected

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