Transuranic Waste

At WIPP: New Mexico Eases Airflow Restrictions

By Photo of Exchange Monitor

The New Mexico Environment Department on Monday approved the Energy Department’s request to ease airflow restrictions in the deep-underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: a move the agency says will help ensure smoother waste disposal operations at the mine,…

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Congress Punts FY 2017 Budget Vote to Next Week

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Portsmouth Contractor Confident Congress Will Avert $80M Shortfall for D&D Work

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DOE Drops Long-Awaited Solicitation for Next LANL Cleanup Contract

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Criticized LANL Cost Estimate Made Public

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LANL Cleanup Agreement a Model for the Complex, DOE Says

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

Vapor Protections Could Extend Hanford Waste Tank Emptying Schedule

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

Hanford Contractor Nearly Finishes Emptying Tanks in C Farm

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Company Ordered to Pay Hanford Whistleblowers $216,080

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WTP Power Station Online, Bechtel Says

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State Filing in MOX Lawsuit Points to WIPP Timeline

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Hearing Scheduled on SRNS Motion to Dismiss Overcharging Lawsuit

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

Assessment: SRS Properly Maintaining Radiation Limits at Waste Facilities

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DNFSB Staffs Up, Replaces Top Lawyer, and Adds CIO

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Centrus Gets Contract for One More Year of American Centrifuge Work

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