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Hanford radioactive waste costs are skyrocketing. Report tells Congress how to cut billions
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe Department of Energy has options to rein in the skyrocketing costs of treating the Hanford...
Air shaft 90% done at Carlsbad-area nuke waste facility amid concerns for site's expansion
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA multi-million-dollar air intake shaft at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste repository...
Nuclear warhead development moves forward at federal lab in New Mexico
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal laboratory in New Mexico was planned to lead a program to modernize the U.S.’ nuclear...
Govt. watchdog warns systems monitoring nuclear weapons could be vulnerable to cyber attacks
WFTV via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA recently released report exposed vulnerabilities for the agency in charge of overseeing nuclear...
Planning For Dismantling USS Nimitz Has Begun
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. Navy has already started planning for how exactly it will execute the defueling and disposal of the first-in-class nuclear-powered USS Nimitz...
Why are federal watchdogs concerned about nuclear waste site near Carlsbad?
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe string of incidents at the facility led to a “safety stand down” on April 6 when work at the...
In a nod to Oppenheimer's legacy, US officials vow to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe price tag for cleaning up waste from the once top-secret Manhattan Project and subsequent Cold...
New contractor takes over nuclear waste disposal at site near Carlsbad under $3B contract
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new company began its lead of daily nuclear waste disposal at a facility near Carlsbad, under a...
Protests of nuclear waste contract at site near Carlsbad denied. Here's what we learned
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new company is set to take over the U.S.’ only deep geological repository for nuclear waste near...
Nuclear waste repository contract delayed 3 months amid protest from losing bidder
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe transition to a new company to run the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste repository near...