Tag Archives: Department of Energy (DOE)

Leak worsens in massive Hanford tank holding nuclear waste Loading 　via KGW.com

Posted on 2016/04/18 by norma field

[…] The U.S. Department of Energy released a statement Monday calling the leak an “anticipated” outcome of an ongoing effort to empty the tank in question. The Washington state Department of Ecology said, “There is no indication of waste leaking … Continue reading →

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Half-Built Nuclear Fuel Plant in South Carolina Faces Test on Its Future　via The New York Times

Posted on 2016/03/10 by norma field

WASHINGTON — Time may finally be running out on the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, a multibillion-dollar, over-budget federal project that has been hard to kill. The Energy Department has already spent about $4.5 billion on the half-built plant near … Continue reading →

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Polluted Nuclear Weapons Site to Become Tourist Destination via ABC News

Posted on 2015/12/20 by norma field

Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press The nation’s most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park. Thousands of people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, home of the world’s first full-sized nuclear reactor, … Continue reading →

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The First Line of Defense via Slate

Posted on 2015/12/11 by norma field

During the Cold War, they guarded America’s nuclear weapons facilities. Now they are dying of cancer, as the U.S. government looks the other way. By Jim Morris and Jamie Smith Hopkins ORTSMOUTH, Ohio—Paul Brogdon was a security guard at the … Continue reading →

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White House summit pledges to support nuclear development via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2015/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The US Administration has underlined its vision of a strong role for nuclear in the country’s clean energy strategy. It has announced actions to sustain and finance nuclear energy, including supplements to the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) federal loan guarantee solicitation … Continue reading →

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Massive Nuclear Cleanup Hobbled by Funding Shortfall via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2015/11/02 by norma field

By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER And GARY FIELDS LIVERMORE, Calif.—About 45 miles southeast of San Francisco, in an 800-acre mini-city built to create atomic bombs, there’s a contaminated building slated for eventual demolition. Mark Costella, a facilities manager at the Energy … Continue reading →

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LANL nuclear safety panned in U.S. report via Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2015/07/22 by norma field

SANTA FE – A new government report gives poor marks to Los Alamos National Laboratory on its state of nuclear safety, saying the lab continues to have problems “fully implementing a number of critical nuclear safety management requirements.” Until the … Continue reading →

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My view: Depleted uranium should not be Utah’s problem to solve alone via Deseret News

Posted on 2015/07/14 by norma field

By Ashley Soltysiak Utah will soon face a huge decision — whether or not to allow the disposal of depleted uranium (DU), an extremely long-lived nuclear waste, at EnergySolutions’ facility in our West Desert. But here’s the question that state … Continue reading →

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DOE probes worker radiation exposure at test site via Las Vegas Review-Journal

Posted on 2015/06/20 by norma field

By STEVE TETREAULT REVIEW-JOURNAL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy has launched investigations into two incidents over the past year where workers at the Nevada National Security Site were exposed to potential contamination while conducting nuclear weapons activities. … Continue reading →

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EPA to hold 2 meetings on WIPP application via The Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2015/06/17 by norma field

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold two “stakeholder roundtables” Wednesday in Albuquerque to take public comments on an application that is key to the reopening of a southeastern New Mexico nuclear waste repository. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant – a … Continue reading →

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