Nuclear power Press Releases

Published on January 9, 2012 - 17:15 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Selects Two Small Businesses to Truck Transuranic Waste to New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Cincinnati – The Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded two small-business contracts to CAST Specialty Transportation, Inc. and Visionary Solutions, LLC, to provide trucking services to transport transuranic (TRU) waste, from DOE and other defense- …

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Published on December 27, 2011 - 21:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Idaho Site Completes Demolition of Cold War-era Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility

A gravel mound, larger than half a city block and several feet thick, is the only visible feature that remains at the site of a Cold War-era spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho site. About $44 million in …

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Published on December 22, 2011 - 17:11 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Issues Finding of No Significant Impact on Environmental Assessment for Replacement Capability for Disposal ...

Idaho Falls, ID – After completing a careful assessment, the U.S. Department of Energy has determined that building a new facility at its Idaho National Laboratory site for continued disposal of remote-handled low level radioactive waste generated by …

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Published on December 21, 2011 - 22:12 GMT

EM Press Release: WIPP Receives First Remote-Handled Waste Shipment From Sandia Labs

CARLSBAD, N.M., December 21, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has received the first of eight planned defense-related remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) waste shipments from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL …

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Published on December 13, 2011 - 22:12 GMT

EM Press Release: Carlsbad Field Office Recognized by New Mexico and DOE for Environmental Excellence at WIPP

CARLSBAD, N.M., December 13, 2011 – The Department of Energy (DOE) Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) was selected for top recognition for environmental stewardship and for reducing energy, water and paper usage at the DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)... …

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Published on November 18, 2011 - 18:12 GMT

EM Press Release: Demolition Begins on Hanford’s Historic Plutonium Vaults

RICHLAND, WASH. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M HILL) began demolishing a vault complex that once held stores of plutonium for the U.S. nuclear weapons program at the Hanford Site in …

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Published on November 15, 2011 - 18:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Issues Request for Proposals for Hanford Site Occupational Medical Services

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an Occupational Medical Services contract at the Hanford Site. The solicitation is for a small-business contractor to perform occupational medical services for …

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Published on November 10, 2011 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Carlsbad Field Office Manager Selected

CARLSBAD, N.M., November 10, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Richland Operations Office (RL) Assistant Manager for the River Corridor Joe Franco was selected as Manager for the Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), which oversees the Waste Isolation …

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Published on November 10, 2011 - 14:10 GMT

EM Press Release: WIPP Receives Top Safety Award

CARLSBAD, N.M., November 9, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) received top accolades from New Mexico’s leading mining organizations. The New Mexico Bureau of Mine Safety (BMS) recently recognized URS Washington …

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Published on November 9, 2011 - 14:58 GMT

The leading forum for CBRN-E professionals returns to Singapore for the second time

/EINPresswire.com/ SMi Group are delighted to announce its 2nd annual CBRN-E Asia Pacific conference and exhibition which will be held once again at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore on the 22nd and 23rd February 2012. Following on from …

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Published on November 8, 2011 - 19:12 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Open House to Focus on Programmatic Successes Achieved Under ARRA Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office will hold an open house on Monday, Nov. 14 to highlight the cleanup and energy accomplishments made with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. The open house will be held at the …

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Published on November 4, 2011 - 17:11 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Awards Contract for Moab Mill Tailings Cleanup

Cincinnati– The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it has awarded a competitive small business contract worth $121.2 million over the next five years as part of the Department’s continued efforts to protect the Colorado River and downstream …

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Published on October 27, 2011 - 20:10 GMT

EM Press Release: 10,000th Shipment Celebrated at WIPP

CARLSBAD, N.M., October 24, 2011 – Approximately 130 people gathered at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) on October 22, to celebrate the 10,000th shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste to WIPP, which arrived safely …

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Published on October 14, 2011 - 17:13 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Extends Public Comment Period

In response to requests from people interested in National Environmental Policy Act activities occurring at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office, the department has extended the public comment period that began September 1 on the Draft …

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Published on October 14, 2011 - 16:10 GMT

EPA Study of Toxic Air Pollution near Elizabeth, NJ Middle School Finds Air Pollutants Below Levels of Concern

Release date: 10/14/2011 Contact Information: Elias Rodriguez, 212-637-3664, rodriguez.elias@epa.gov EPA selected the Mabel Holmes Middle School for monitoring based on its proximity to industrial sites, a major airport and a port. Computer models …

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Published on October 11, 2011 - 14:10 GMT

EM Press Release: Agencies Decide to Dig Up Contaminated Soil at Hanford Site

RICHLAND, Wash. –The Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Washington Department of Ecology, have made plans for remediating contaminated soil at four locations in the center of the Hanford …

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Published on October 11, 2011 - 13:01 GMT

Japan Courts the Money in Nuclear Reactors, Selling Them Abroad; Nuclear Power News Provides Complete Coverage

Oct. 11, 2011 /EIN News/ This important story is being tracked by Nuclear Power News at http://nuclearpower.legacy.einnews.com To follow a link to the story visit http://nuclearpower.legacy.einnews.com/article.php?oid=5XQpFgFzTYLgqA About EIN News EIN …

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Published on October 10, 2011 - 13:18 GMT

4 Generator Failures Hit U.S. Nuclear Plants; Nuclear Power News Provides Complete Coverage

Oct. 10, 2011 /EIN News/ This important story is being tracked by Nuclear Power News at http://nuclearpower.legacy.einnews.com To follow a link to the story visit http://nuclearpower.legacy.einnews.com/article.php?oid=UDWdBNajv6zgKA About EIN News EIN …

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Published on October 7, 2011 - 12:31 GMT

India's Nuclear Power Corp Targets 63,000 MW by 2032; Nuclear Power News Provides Complete Coverage

Oct. 7, 2011 /EIN News/ This important story is being tracked by Nuclear Power News at http://nuclearpower.legacy.einnews.com To follow a link to the story visit http://nuclearpower.legacy.einnews.com/article.php?oid=LCgMm039U5Lgdw About EIN News EIN …

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Published on October 6, 2011 - 15:10 GMT

EM Press Release: DOE Achieves Second TRU Waste Cleanup

CARLSBAD, N.M., October 6, 2011 –The U.S. Department of Energy has successfully removed all legacy contact-handled transuranic (TRU) waste from the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), near Chicago, Illinois. In September, all legacy TRU waste was removed …

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