Defense Low-Level Waste

Los Alamos Shipped Plenty of Low-Level Waste in 2017

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The Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico last year shipped 5,058,687 kilograms of low-level radioactive waste off-site for disposal at federal and commercial properties.
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Certain Hanford tank waste can be treated as low-level under WIR

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NRC seeks clear path for GTCC waste disposal

Defense Low-Level Waste

Five companies land DOE agreements for low-level waste

Cleanup & Remediation

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Cleanup & Remediation

Hanford ships 2,000 gallons of tank waste to Texas, Utah for grouting

Defense Low-Level Waste

Portsmouth completes controversial fourth cell construction at On-Site Waste Disposal Facility

Defense Low-Level Waste

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Defense Low-Level Waste

NNSA agrees to update waste disposing strategy, according to GAO report

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Defense Low-Level Waste

DOE Nevada completes upgrades required by settlement over mislabeled Y-12 waste

The Department of Energy has implemented all 34 corrective actions required by a June 2021 settlement agreement over mislabeled waste sent to the Nevada National Security Site from the Y-12 National Security Site in Tennessee, officials said last week. Completion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
Cleanup & Remediation

Washington Ecology publishes comments, nears test-bed demo permit

Commercial Low-Level Waste

Texas governor wary of accepting GTCC waste

Cleanup & Remediation

West Valley could send another batch of containers to WCS this summer

Vitrification & Grout

Hanford settlement agreement lays out path for grouting some low-level waste

Defense Low-Level Waste

Concern persists that NRC’s coming rule change could leave states holding bag on Greater-Than-Class-C waste

Defense Low-Level Waste

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