Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 14
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April 03, 2015

As DOE Moves to Defense-Only Repository, West Valley Canisters Could be Left Behind

By Mike Nartker
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/3/2015 While the Department of Energy announced last week that it plans to work to establish a defense-only high-level waste repository, hundreds of canisters of vitrified waste at the West Valley Demonstration Project may be left…
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Table of Contents
  1. House Oversight Committee To Probe into Former DOE Dep. Secretary’s Appointment at Centrus
    By Mike Nartker
  2. DNFSB Acting General Counsel Placed on Administrative Leave
    By Mike Nartker
  3. DOE Now Projects Idaho Waste Facility in Full Operation by Fall 2016
    By Mike Nartker
  4. More Details Emerge of B&W’s Spin-Off of Nuclear Businesses
    By Mike Nartker
  5. Los Alamos Moves to Lay Off Transuranic Waste Workers
    By Mike Nartker
  6. National TRU Program Kicks Off Generator Site Reviews in Response to WIPP Incident
    By Mike Nartker
  7. Connery, Hamilton Emerge as Top Candidates to Fill DNFSB Slots
    By Mike Nartker
  8. DOE Reconsidering Plans for Covert WIPP Security Review After Being Made Public
    By Mike Nartker
  9. As DOE Moves to Defense-Only Repository, West Valley Canisters Could be Left Behind
    By Mike Nartker
  10. Portage Sees Significant Drop in Fee for FY 2014 at Moab
    By Mike Nartker
  11. Savannah River 235-F Risk Reduction Work Would Be Put on Hold in FY‘16
    By Mike Nartker
  12. DOE Finalizes First Part of Oak Ridge Sludge Facility Design Contract With CH2M Hill
    By Mike Nartker
  13. Draft RFP for New DUF6 Operations Contract Available for Comment
    By Mike Nartker
  14. DOE Issues Final RFP for Idaho NRC-Licensed Facilities Contract
    By Mike Nartker
  15. Final RFP for West Valley Assessment Contract Released
    By Mike Nartker
  16. Local Officials Urge DOE to Establish Program to Aid Communities Impacted by Budget Cuts
    By Mike Nartker
  17. On WIPP
    By Mike Nartker
  18. At River Protection
    By Mike Nartker
  19. At Portsmouth
    By Mike Nartker
  20. Wrap Up
    By Mike Nartker
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10 Dec 2022

NEW: Via public records request, I’ve been able to confirm reporting today that a warrant has been issued for DOE deputy asst. secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition Sam Brinton for another luggage theft, this time at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid airport. (cc: @EMPublications)

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DOE spent fuel lead Brinton accused of second luggage theft.



by @BenjaminSWeiss, confirming today's reports with warrant from Las Vegas Metro PD.

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wippnews DOE WIPP @wippnews ·
6 Dec 2022

Waste has been Emplaced! 🚮

We have finally begun emplacing defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in Panel 8 of #WIPP.

Read more about the waste emplacement here: https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20221123-2.asp

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