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New $130M Hanford Site Facility Is Start of Major Nuclear Waste Cleanup

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Tim Newcomb
February 17, 2022
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DOE contractor-built system is first step in removing long buried plutonium production wastes at huge complex before they are transformed into inert glass and disposed, possibly at an offsite storage facility.
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Giant US Nuke Waste 'Vit' Plant Wraps Initial Construction

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Tim Newcomb
January 7, 2021
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Epic Bechtel project to vitrify Hanford site toxics into glass logs moves plant focused on volume of less-contaminated wastes to next phases.
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Highly Toxic Federal Plutonium Plant Comes Down After 20-Year Cleanup

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Tim Newcomb
February 12, 2020
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Complex $1.2-billion demolition led by CH2M of former plant finishes as Trump Administration proposes big 2021 funding cut at DOE Hanford site.

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Bechtel Protest of Big Hanford Cleanup Award Is Second at Site

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Mary B. Powers
January 29, 2020
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Huntington Ingalls is said to dispute other $4B contract to Leidos team; protest issues not disclosed


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Worst U.S. Nuclear Waste Dump Inches Closer to Cleanup

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Debra K. Rubin
October 3, 2019
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After 17-year, $17B saga, Bechtel's recast waste glassification megaproject at U.S. Hanford site readies for first startup, but unresolved issues remain.


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Court Ruling Impacts Scope of $6.5B Uranium Processing Project

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Mary B. Powers
October 2, 2019
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Feds won't stop building expanded complex for nuke warhead upgrades despite legal order to redo seismic and environmental risk analyses.
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$23B Of Hanford Nuke Waste Site Contracts Delayed

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Debra K. Rubin
August 21, 2019
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Bidder Jacobs seeks to add capabilities with $300M intended purchase of Wood Group nuclear services unit
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US Sues DOE Cleanup Site Firms, Execs in Kickback Scheme

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Mary B. Powers
February 13, 2019
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Feds seek up to triple damages on alleged millions in Hanford site profit; Lockheed Martin denies claims.
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Congress Revisits Nuclear Waste Storage

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Mary B. Powers
May 16, 2018
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A solution for nuclear waste from power plants could finally be moving forward after the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly May 10 to authorize continued licensing of Yucca Mountain as well as interim waste storage.


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Hanford Radioactive Capsules May Stop Swimming

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Tim Newcomb
January 29, 2018
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The public comment period on a proposed plan to move radioactive capsules to a new storage location area within the Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in southeast Washington is coming to a close.
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