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High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs
The remediation of two former Soviet-era uranium mining sites in Kyrgyzstan has been completed on schedule and below budget, despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on March 28.
DOE nuclear cleanup costs, schedule delays continue to rise, GAO says
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management faces significant cost increases, schedule delays, and data management issues in completing nuclear waste cleanup projects,...
Wheeler River mining project gets go-ahead
Canada’s first in situ recovery (ISR) uranium mining operation has been granted final regulatory approval. Toronto-based Denison Mines Corp. announced last week that the Canadian Nuclear...
New Mexico holds DOE’s feet to fire in removal of LANL waste
The state of New Mexico is fining the Department of Energy for nearly $16 million, claiming the department has failed to prioritize the removal legacy nuclear waste from Los Alamos National...
CLEAN SMART bill reintroduced in Senate
Senators Ben Ray Luján (D., N.M.) and Tim Scott (R., S.C.) have reintroduced legislation aimed at leveraging the best available science and technology at U.S. national laboratories to support...
DOE considers recycling Paducah’s contaminated nickel
The Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office is weighing options on reprocessing approximately 9,700 tons of contaminated nickel being stored at the former Paducah Gaseous...
New Mexico Nuclear Alliance begins its advocacy work
The New Mexico Nuclear Alliance made its official debut as a nuclear energy advocate in late October, when founder Scott Lopez spoke with state lawmakers during a meeting of the New Mexico...
NRC grants Disa license for novel environmental remediation tech
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a license application submitted by Disa Technologies to use high-pressure slurry ablation (HPSA) technology for remediating abandoned uranium...
Better info could help reduce DOE cleanup costs, GAO report finds
Better information regarding the specific work needed to finish cleaning up contaminated soil and legacy landfills at Department of Energy nuclear sites could help the department better...
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UNC, GE agree to clean up former N.M. uranium mine
The United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric will undertake a nearly $63 million, decade-long cleanup project at the former Northeast Church Rock Mine in northwestern New Mexico under a...
JAMA study finds increased cancer risk near St. Louis’s Coldwater Creek
A study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association claims to have found an increased rate of cancer for people who grew up living close to Coldwater Creek near St. Louis...
