Budget & Policy

New, Nongovernmental Group Needed for Nuclear Waste Management, Study Says

By Photo of Chris Schneidmiller

The United States needs an all-new organization separated from the federal government if it hopes to finally end the decades-long impasse in building a permanent resting place for the nation’s nuclear waste, a panel of experts said Monday.
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Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant Demo Falls Further Behind Schedule

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

DOE Cleanup Office Revisits Its ‘End States’ Approach at Hanford Central Plateau

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Questions Linger on Closing of Idaho Waste Facility

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

Energy Department Inches Closer to New Waste Accounting System for WIPP

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

Feds Sue to Quash State Hanford Workers’ Compensation Law

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

Old Hands to Stay at Appropriations Energy & Water Panel

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

Trio of GAO Reports on DOE Nuclear Cleanup Expected in Early 2019

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

No Word Yet on Baseline Proposal for SRS Salt Waste Facility

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

Judge Rejects Advocacy Groups’ Claim on Boeing Demolition at Santa Susana

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

West Valley Cleanup Contractor Suffers Fee Hit After Civil Penalty

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

SRS Plans to Increase Mercury Removal From Waste System

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

Advisory Panel Says Risk Should be Big Factor in Future Hanford Cleanup

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

Wrap Up: DOE Taking Comments on Security at Hanford Site for Permit Update

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