Wrap Up: Moab hits 14 million tons; groups seek EPA nuke waste rewrite; site prep underway for Idaho disposal cell; Portsmouth panel goes live; retired Hanford figure dies

Contractor North Wind Portage has now removed 14 million tons of uranium mill tailings from the Moab, Utah site near the Colorado River, the Department of Energy announced this week.
Removing 14 million of the 16 million tons of tailings from the Moab Uranium Mill…

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The Department of Energy and its Hanford tank waste contractor are preparing to begin retrieving radioactive and chemical waste from the site’s 25th single-shell tank, marking another milestone in the decades-long cleanup effort. DOE’s Hanford Field Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]