Cleanup & Remediation

State regulator of Savannah River Site could be split in two

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Bills pending before the South Carolina legislature could split the state regulator for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site near Aiken into two separate organizations, a state agency official told the Citizens Advisory Board for the federal complex…

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Hanford spending would hit record $3B under Biden fiscal 2024 request; House hearing next week

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

N3B lands another 3 years at Los Alamos; board questions stop-work orders

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

Uranium cleanup fund would get big DOE Environmental Management infusion again in fiscal 2024

The interior of an industrial furnace used for melting glass at high temperatures.

Hanford vit plant glass-making expected now by 2025, DOE says in budget doc

A worker in safety gear inspecting large concrete storage modules built to hold spent nuclear fuel containers.

Cesium pretreatment for waste solidification resumes at Hanford Site

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

WIPP receives 32 TRU shipments in February; pace still below DOE goals

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

WIPP shaft sinking reaches midway point

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

Savannah River cleanup boss talks NNSA move; other issues

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

DNFSB budget would rise to $47 million in fiscal 2024, under Biden request

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

Wrap Up: RFP lull, see you in September; Ex-WIPP boss joins UCOR; Talks continue on ORNL vax case; Oak Ridge panel gets new members; Oscars ad touts Oppenheimer flick

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