Transuranic Waste

Oak Ridge Waste Processing Contractor Claims 97 Percent of Fee

By Photo of Staff Reports

The contractor that manages the Transuranic Waste Processing Center at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee earned 97 percent of its potential award fee for a 12-month period ending in late October 2018.
The Energy Department released the fee scorecard…

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Tearing Down West Valley Main Process Building Delayed Until Next Cleanup Contract

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Hanford Cleanup Contractor Earns 80 Percent of Potential FY18 Fee

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ECA Urges Senate to Open its Purse for Waste Repository

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Savannah River to Triple Sludge Waste Treatment After SWPF Startup

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Savannah River Contractors Each Earn More Than 90 Percent of Fee

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Updated Hanford Vit Plant Plan Does Not Demand Environmental Impact Supplement, DOE Says

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California Criticizes DOE Environmental Study on Santa Susana

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H Canyon Roofing Repairs at Savannah River to Cost $1M

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

Arkansas Experimental Reactor Vessel Arrives in Nevada for Disposal

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