Tag Archives: DOE

Ground fall at WIPP　via The Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2016/10/03 by norma field

CARLSBAD — Worker safety at WIPP is at front and center after a collapsed portion of the ceiling was discovered earlier this week. According to a letter sent to WIPP employees from Nuclear Waste Partnership president Phil Breidenbach on Friday, … Continue reading →

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Final demolition at US uranium enrichment complex via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2016/09/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

National, state and local officials joined nearly 1500 employees on 30 August to watch as the final wall of building K-27 was pulled down. Demolition of the four-storey, 383,000 square foot (36,000 square metre) building began in February. The first … Continue reading →

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Federal Court Awards Conn. Nuclear Plant Owners via Connecticut Law Tribune

Posted on 2016/04/13 by norma field

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. et al. v. United States: A federal judge has awarded nearly $77 million to the owners of three decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England, including Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. in Haddam Neck, Connecticut, … Continue reading →

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Plutonium mess: SC wrangling with DOE over nuclear waste facility, Russia grows angry via RT

Posted on 2016/04/09 by norma field

Approved by Congress as far back as 1998, the Savannah River Site’s Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) Fabrication Facility is designed to turn weapons-grade plutonium into power plant reactor fuel. Moscow and Washington signed a deal in 2000 under which each … Continue reading →

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Panel to discuss radiation hazards during New Mexico hearing via KRQE News 13

Posted on 2016/03/22 by norma field

SANTA FE (AP) – Independent regulators are visiting New Mexico to discuss the hazards of storing radioactive waste as Los Alamos National Laboratory while the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste dump remains closed. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board … Continue reading →

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Energy Department guarantees $1.8B in loans for GA nuclear plant via The Hill

Posted on 2015/06/26 by norma field

The Department of Energy (DOE) will guarantee $1.8 billion in loans for the operators of two new nuclear reactors under construction at a power plant in Georgia, the department announced on Wednesday. The government had previously provided $6.5 billion in … Continue reading →

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Higgins wins committee support for safety in shipping nuclear materials via The Buffalo News

Posted on 2015/05/21 by norma field

WASHINGTON – Rep. Brian Higgins on Wednesday placed a big obstacle in the way of a plan to begin shipping nuclear material over the Peace Bridge next year. The Buffalo Democrat won committee approval of an amendment that would require … Continue reading →

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Kitty Litter Shuts Down Sole US Nuclear Weapons Waste Facility via William Boardman

Posted on 2015/04/07 by norma field

ow it’s official: using the wrong kitty litter can cause a severe and expensive nuclear accident at the nation’s unique underground radioactive waste containment facility, shutting it down indefinitely. What’s NOT official yet is why the Los Alamos National Laboratory … Continue reading →

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Time to Pull the Plug on a $30B Nuclear Fuel Boondoggle via The Blog, Huffington Post

Posted on 2015/01/14 by norma field

It sounded like a good idea back in 2000. Two decades after the Cold War ended, the United States and Russia each agreed to dispose of 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium — enough for about 20,000 warheads — by … Continue reading →

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State levies $54M in fines over nuke repository mishaps via the Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2014/12/07 by norma field

In a sharp rebuke of the U.S. Department of Energy, the state of New Mexico on Saturday levied $54 million in penalties against the federal agency and private contractors for a series of mistakes and violations that led to a … Continue reading →

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