Tag Archives: Department of Energy (DOE)

US radiation leak concerns Mexicans via Newspapertree

Posted on 2014/03/26 by norma field

Serious problems at a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico have caught the eyes of the press and government officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The current round of troubles began February 5 at the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Waste Dump: Who Is Responsible? via KSDK

Posted on 2014/02/01 by norma field

In the 1940s, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works in downtown St. Louis purified thousands of tons of uranium to make the first atomic bombs. But the process also generated enormous amounts of radioactive waste. Citing national security, the Atomic Energy Commission, now … Continue reading →

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Washington group seeks bids to study viability of building Small Modular Reactor system at Hanford nuclear reservation via Nuclear Energy Insider

Posted on 2014/01/12 by norma field

By James Sampson on Jan 9, 2014 Following last year’s successful budget request of $500,000 by Senator Sharon Brown, the Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) have announced they are using the money to study and submit a proposal requesting the construction … Continue reading →

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The uranium processing fiasco via the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2014/01/11 by norma field

Peter Stockton, Lydia Dennett The Energy Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are up to their old tricks again, convincing Congress and taxpayers alike to spend billions of dollars on yet another poorly designed and mismanaged construction project. … Continue reading →

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DOE to support another modular reactor project via Knoxblogs.com

Posted on 2013/12/13 by norma field

The Department of Energy today announced an award to NuScale Power LLC to support efforts to design, certify and help commercialize innovative small modular reactors. The award was made as part of a funding opportunity announced back in March the … Continue reading →

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Feds adopt plans for disposing of Hanford nuclear waste via King5.com

Posted on 2013/12/13 by norma field

SPOKANE, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Energy intends to retrieve nearly all the highly radioactive waste stored in underground tanks on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and convert it into a glass-like substance for permanent disposal, according to a decision … Continue reading →

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South Carolina Threatens Washington Over Cleanup via The New York Times

Posted on 2013/11/29 by norma field

AIKEN, S.C. — The Energy Department began cleaning up an environmental nightmare at the old Savannah River Site nuclear weapons plant here in 1996 and promised a bright future: Within a quarter-century, officials said, they would turn liquid radioactive bomb … Continue reading →

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Hanford nuclear site clean-up: The mess gets worse via NBC News

Posted on 2013/11/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] But today, construction of the factory is only two-thirds complete after billions of dollars in spending, leaving partially constructed buildings and heavy machinery scattered across the 65-acre site, a short distance from the Columbia River. Technical personnel have expressed … Continue reading →

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Hanford Whistleblower Case Goes Before Federal Court In Seattle via Oregon Public Broadcasting

Posted on 2013/11/10 by norma field

Nuclear engineer Walt Tamosaitis says he was removed from his position because he brought up safety concerns. Now a three-judge appeals court panel is considering the case of the well-known Hanford Nuclear Reservation whistleblower. Oral arguments happened Thursday. Tamosaitis argues … Continue reading →

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【event】In the Shadow of Plutopia: Living Downwind and Downstream from the World’s First Plutonium Plants via ourhanfordhistory.org

Posted on 2013/10/17 by norma field

Kate Brown, author Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters Friday, October 25, 2013 7 p.m.–9 p.m. Washington State University Tri-Cities East Auditorium [ourhanfordhistory.org ] 
While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race … Continue reading →

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