Cleanup & Remediation

DOE De-Comingles Defense and Commercial Waste

By Photo of Mike Nartker

Jeremy L. Dillon
WC Monitor
2/27/2015
President Barack Obama this week authorized the separation of defense high-level nuclear waste from commercial high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel, otherwise known as “de-comingling,” paving the way for a…

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WIPP Release Technical Assistance Team Unable to Determine Cause With ‘Absolute Certainty’

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As EM Moves Away From M&O Contracts, Savannah River Chief Still ‘A Fan’

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DOE Gearing Up to Extend Current Idaho Cleanup Contracts

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With Uranium Prices Up, ‘Life is Good at Portsmouth,’ FBP Chief Says

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Senators Press Moniz About Hanford Cleanup and New Mexico Fines

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Sen. Feinstein Raises Questions About Former Deputy Energy Secretary’s New Post at Centrus

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WIPP Fee Coming Out ‘ Soon,’ Will Be Impacted by 2014 Incidents, DOE Official Says

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DOE-South Carolina Dispute on Savannah River Tank Milestone Reaches Next Level

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LATA Kentucky Earns 83 Percent of FY14 Award Fee for Paducah Cleanup

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GAO: DOE Needs to Improve Cost Estimates for Los Alamos TRU Waste Projects

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DNFSB Uncovers Issues with DOE Radioactive Waste Packaging Software

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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At River Protection

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Richland

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At Paducah

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Oak Ridge

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

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