Transuranic Waste

Texas Could Keep Stranded Los Alamos TRU Through 2022

By Photo of Wayne Barber

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality this week published a minor amendment to Waste Control Specialists’s state radioactive material license, allowing the company to keep potentially combustible drums of Department of Energy transuranic waste at a commercial…

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Navarro Team Completes Transition at Hanford 222-S Lab

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

Small Rise in Weekly COVID Cases at DOE Nuclear Cleanup Office

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DOE Seeks Extension of Bid Offers for Idaho Site, Sources Say

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

Former Hanford Services Contractor Settles Federal Fraud Case

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Some EM Contracts Approaching Expiration Dates, Barring Extensions

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Competition on WIPP Operations Contract Starting Between Now and June, DOE Says

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WIPP Hauler Should Stay Busy in Coming Years, DOE Says

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DOE to Keep Focus on End State Contracting Model in 2021

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

DOE Lays Out Ambitious 10-Year Goals for Nuclear Cleanup

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

New Mexico, DOE Sign Off on Federal Plan for DP Road Cleanup

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DOE Says Restart of Underground Fan Poses Minimal Radiation Risk at WIPP

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

Wrap Up: Work Finished on 3 Old DOE Waste Structures at Hanford

Constructively Dissatisfied: 30 Minutes with Michael Lempke, President, Nuclear & Environmental Services, Huntington Ingalls Industries

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