High-Level & Tank Waste

Second Deadline Passes with No Resolution on Talks over Hanford Consent Decree

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Mike Nartker
WC Monitor
7/3/2014
A second deadline came and went late last week without resolution for the Department of Energy and the state of Washington on how to modify a court-enforced consent decree that helps govern the cleanup of Hanford’s tank…

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URS May Seek Up to $650,000 From DOE for Executive Testimony at Whistleblower Hearing

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Industry Officials Question DOE Plans for Post-FY 2015 Idaho Work

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DOE Nominees Pending Confirmation Continue Waiting Game

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DOE Releases Draft RFP for Portsmouth Infrastructure Support Services Contract

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Status of Inspector General Investigation of DNFSB Management Unclear

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WIPP Initial Cleanup Phase to Begin

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New Mexico Denies Los Alamos Milestone Extension Requests

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S.M. Stoller Gets New Contract Extension for LM Support Services

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DOE Indicates Multi-Month Contract Extension Likely for Incumbent Oak Ridge TRU Facility Contractor

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Some Potential Bidders on New Hanford 222-S Lab Contract Wonder if Tank Farms Contractor Has OCI

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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At River Protection

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At Richland

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

At Idaho

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

At Los Alamos

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

At Oak Ridge

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

At Savannah River

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

Wrap Up: In DOE, In The DNFSB, In The Industry

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