State environment agency also ordered a revision of disposal permit for the site's underground repository to increase the volume of Los Alamos waste sent there.
U.S. Energy Dept. and contractor Bechtel National officially start up giant waste processing plant on Oct. 15 to meet consent decree deadline, after design and construction investment of more than 20 years and $30 billion.
Country's first storage site for used nuclear fuel—and the world's second—will be built up to 2,600 ft below ground in Ontario, with design to complete by 2028 and construction to begin by 2033.
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But justices declined to block business group and red state suits against tougher curbs on mercury pollutants from coal-fired power plants and methane emissions from oil and natural gas facilities.
Most complex DOE nuclear waste site remediation seeks record $3.1B funding for fiscal 2025 as core 10-year management contact is finally awarded after long bidding dispute.
First of two record-size 300-ton melters at federal Hanford waste site reached 2,100°F critical temperature July 20 after shutdown last year due to component overheating.
Bid protest by Atkins-Jacobs-Westinghouse competing team is key factor in megacontract dispute, but neither the judge, companies nor U.S. Energy Dept. will comment on the invalidated contract or on what will happen next.
Giant 10-year O&M contract combines functions of two awards originally planned—one to manage millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored underground at the former weapons site and the other to operate its multi-billion-dollar waste treatment plant awaiting startup.