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The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management achieved most of its goals for calendar year 2022, with all but three of the priorities on its mission "scorecard" for the year complete or partially complete. All six of its primary mission areas have received increased funding under the recently enacted budget for fiscal 2023.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-cleanup-mission-looks-to-build-on-2022-success
US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have begun emplacing defence-related transuranic (TRU) waste in Panel 8 of EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 26 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-emplaces-waste-at-new-panel-in-wipp-and-expands-idaho-disposal-facility-10384419
The first transuranic waste has been placed in a new panel at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. Meanwhile, the capacity of a landfill disposal facility for waste and radioactively contaminated debris from decontamination and demolition work at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is to be increased.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-facilities-mark-waste-disposal-progress
Shipments of nuclear waste from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) site in eastern Idaho to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad in New Mexico have resumed following three episodes that caused New Mexico officials to suspend them. A DOE official has told Idaho officials that the New Mexico Environment Department had approved shipments from the 2,300 km2 site, which includes the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsidaho-resumes-waste-shipments-to-us-wipp-facility-10098266
A Bechtel-led entity has won a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to manage and operate the only US facility for disposal of defence-generated transuranic waste.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbechtel-led-entity-to-operate-us-waste-isolation-facility-9851406
Tularosa Basin Range Services (TBRS) has been awarded a contract worth up to about USD3 billion by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) to manage and operate the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) transuranic waste disposal site in New Mexico. The contract replaces that held by Nuclear Waste Partnership, which expires at the end of September.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bechtel-affiliate-awarded-WIPP-management-contract
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) said that the final container of legacy transuranic (TRU) waste from Savannah River Site (SRS) had arrived at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for permanent disposal on 14 April, capping the end of a journey for 239 shipments that began in 2011.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-srs-transuranic-waste-arrives-at-us-wipp-facility-9690195
The final TRUPACT-III container of legacy transuranic (TRU) waste from the US Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina recently arrived at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico for permanent disposal. A total of 239 such shipments have been made since 2011.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Last-of-legacy-TRU-waste-from-SRS-arrives-at-WIPP
An incident at the US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad in New Mexico led to the evacuation of workers on 9 April night from an area of the facility where waste is prepared for disposal. The incident was reported in the waste handling building, where shipments of nuclear waste are prepared for disposal in the underground repository, Carlsbad Current-Argus reported.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsincident-reported-at-us-wipp-facility-9630297
The US Department of Energy Office (DOE) of Environmental Management (EM) has released its Strategic Vision outlining goals for 2022-2032 focused on safety, environmental clean-up priorities, innovation, and improved performance.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-reveals-blueprint-for-clean-up-over-the-coming-decade-9540463