Transuranic Waste

Five Drums Stored at WCS Linked to Breached WIPP Container

By Photo of Mike Nartker

Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
6/13/2014
As investigations continue into the breached drum at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the Department of Energy is scrutinizing five additional Los Alamos waste drums  from the same acidic waste stream currently stored…

In This Issue

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New DOE Project Management Guidelines a Concern for Some Sites

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DOE and SBA Still Working on Implementing New Small Biz Goal Rule

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Savannah River Manager Responds to Tank Closure Plan Criticism

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DOE Silent on Plans for LM Support Contract After Successful Protest

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House Appropriators Look to Provide Less than FY15 Request for Defense Cleanup

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Too Early to Say If Idaho Facility Can Process Waste This Year, DNFSB Official Says

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B&W Pantex Chief Woolery to Head up DUF6 Contractor

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DOE Safety and Security Reorg. Slowing Down Enforcement Actions, Official Says

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DOE Moving Forward with New Infrastructure Services Contracts

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DOE, Wash. State Agree to Extend Talks on Hanford Consent Decree

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GAO: DOE Uranium Transfers May Have Been Done Illegally

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At Richland

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Wrap Up: In Congress, In the DNFSB, In the Industry

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