Vitrification & Grout

Perma-Fix Expects GeoMelt System to go Online Late This Year

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John Stang
Perma-Fix expect its GeoMelt radioactive waste treatment system to go into fuller production in late 2018 at its Washington state location, according to President and CEO Mark Duff.
Early this year, the Atlanta-based waste management company entered…

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Energy Dept. Cleanup Office Swaps Out Chief Deputy to New Role

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Draft RFP Issued for SRS Management Contract

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GAO Dismissed Bid Protest Because DOE Plans Tech Support Do-Over

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Energy Dept. IG Faults Hanford Workers’ Comp Program Controls

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Much ‘Attrition’ Expected In Planned DNFSB Reorganization

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New Mexico AG Asked to Look at Los Alamos Community Group Expense Irregularities

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Panel Endorses DOE General Counsel Nominee

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Hanford 222-S Lab Workload to Increase in Next Contract

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Truck With Contaminated Gear Moved Around Hanford, Off-Site

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BWXT Still Eager to Land Next Savannah River Liquid Waste Contract

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DOE Gives Mostly Upbeat Assessments on Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Construction

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Savannah River Sends First TRU Waste Shipment of Year to WIPP

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Valve Replacements at Savannah River Waste Facility Nearing Completion

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Wrap Up: Stop-Work Order Lifted in Hanford Tank Farm

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