Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Operations Remain Down at Portsmouth DUF6 Plant in Wake of Accident

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Two Workers ‘Splashed’ With Dangerous Chemical
Mike Nartker
WC Monitor
4/24/2015
Operations at the Portsmouth depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plant remain suspended in the wake of an accident that occurred at the plant late last month,…

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At River Protection

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

House Bill Supports New D&D Project at SEFOR in Arkansas

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DOE Would Move Forward on Mercury Storage Site Under House Bill

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Local Officials Express Support for New Head of WIPP Contractor NWP

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House FY16 Spending Bill Could Impact DOE’s Plan to Begin Hanford Waste Treatment in 2022

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

House Bill Would Boost Funding at Most Cleanup Sites, Makes WIPP Recovery a Priority

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

Lawmakers Want Plan for Transferring Excess NNSA Facilities to DOE Cleanup Program

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

House Lawmakers Want Greater Role for DNFSB Members in Approving Senior Staff

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Lawmakers May Hold Hearing on Poneman’s Appointment to Centrus

Rows of vertical cylindrical stainless steel centrifuge units arranged in an industrial cascade.

If DOE Doesn’t Limit Uranium Transfers, Congress May Take Up Legislation

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NMED Hopes to Soon Reach Agreement with DOE on Fines

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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

At Richland

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

At Oak Ridge

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

At Idaho

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Wrap Up

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