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DOE Mulls Mobile Treatment System for LANL Waste in Texas

By Photo of Dan Leone

The Energy Department could develop a new mobile treatment unit to clean up more than 70 barrels of potentially explosive nuclear waste stored at a private contractor in Texas, a source in New Mexico said Tuesday.
The 70 barrels, which contain a combination of…

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DNFSB resident inspector checks out emergency drill at Hanford

A Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) resident inspector watched an emergency drill at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state in August to see how crews might handle an earthquake that damaged facilities within the tank farms. “An… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

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DOE, contractor certifying waste for shipment to WIPP

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