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NRC investigates alleged nuclear plant security lapses
Thursday December 22nd 2005

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is evaluating complaints about alleged security lapses at Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant made by a Durham-based nuclear watchdog group, a spokesman of the federal agency said Tuesday.

Born in race for A-bomb, relationship between U. of California, Los Alamos is renewed
Thursday December 22nd 2005

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - The relationship between the University of California and Los Alamos National Laboratory began as a wartime affair conducted against the tense backdrop of the race to finish an atomic bomb.

University of California wins contract to manage Los Alamos
Thursday December 22nd 2005

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - The University of California triumphed over rivals Lockheed Martin and the University of Texas by winning a new contract to manage the troubled Los Alamos National Laboratory, which UC has run uncontested for more than six decades.

UC keeps contact to run Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thursday December 22nd 2005

WASHINGTON - The University of California will continue its 62-year run at the helm of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

UC, Bechtel win contract to run los alamos
Thursday December 22nd 2005

WASHINGTON -- The University of California shrugged off scandal and congressional skepticism Thursday and won another chance to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Rocky 63-year relationship for a university and its nuke lab
Thursday December 22nd 2005

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - The relationship between the University of California and the Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab began as a wartime affair conducted against the tense backdrop of the race to finish an atomic bomb.

University of California retains Los Alamos management contract
Thursday December 22nd 2005

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Despite a string of security lapses and allegations of fraud and mismanagement, the University of California has been awarded the contract to continue managing the Los Alamos laboratory that built the atomic bomb, the Energy Department said Wednesday.

University of California keeps Los Alamos
Thursday December 22nd 2005

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The University of California has retained the contract to manage the troubled Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Energy Department announced Wednesday.

Hanford official taking new job
Thursday December 22nd 2005

Ed Aromi, the president of the Hanford contractor in charge of the nuclear reservation's tank farms, has taken another job within the CH2M Hill corporation.

Decision on Los Alamos expected today
Wednesday December 21st 2005

The wait to find out who will run Los Alamos National Laboratory is almost over.

Gregoire's proposal includes science lab; Pullman work would support efforts of WSU Tri-Cities lab
Wednesday December 21st 2005

OLYMPIA - A construction plan proposed Tuesday by Gov. Christine Gregoire would allow Washington State University to build a Pullman science lab that would support work at a bioproducts lab already planned for WSU Tri-Cities.

Congress elects not to make further cuts in Hanford plant funding
Tuesday December 20th 2005

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Congress has decided not to reduce funding by an additional $100 million for a waste-treatment plant at the Hanford nuclear reservation, according to Rep. Doc Hastings, whose district includes the south-central Washington site.

Energy Department fines Hanford contractor $206,000
Saturday December 17th 2005

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Energy has fined Fluor Hanford Inc., the primary cleanup contractor at the Hanford nuclear reservation, $206,250 for violating the department's nuclear safety requirements.

Explosion in smelter at Russian nuclear plant kills one, injures two
Friday December 16th 2005

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - An explosion at a Russian nuclear power plant complex killed one worker and badly hurt two others, but Russia's nuclear agency said Friday no reactors were affected.

'Splash' of molten metal at Russian nuclear plant kills one
Friday December 16th 2005

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Hundreds of pounds of molten metal splashed from a smelter at a Russian nuclear power plant, killing one worker and severely injuring two others, a scientist and the federal nuclear agency said Friday. The accident did not affect reactors, the agency said.

Europe increasingly uneasy with U.S. nukes on its soil
Thursday December 15th 2005

LONDON - The Cold War may have ended 15 years ago, but some of its most destructive relics - hundreds of American nuclear bombs - are still deployed around Europe despite growing opposition by European lawmakers.

Third utility abandons proposed nuclear waste facility in Utah
Thursday December 15th 2005

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A third utility in the Private Fuel Storage consortium has announced it will withhold future support of the nuclear waste storage site proposed for western Utah.

Nevada, Utah lawmakers back plan for onsite nuclear waste storage
Thursday December 15th 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nevada and Utah lawmakers jointly introduced legislation Wednesday to store nuclear waste at reactor sites where it is produced.

IsoRay seals deal to test production at Idaho reactor
Thursday December 15th 2005

IsoRay Medical Inc. made official Wednesday its plan to test the feasibility of producing cancer-fighting medical isotopes at a federal reactor in Idaho.

Big step in science field; CBC opens Center for Laboratory Sciences
Thursday December 15th 2005

Becky Thompson has gone from washing laboratory beakers and other lab dishes for her work-study job at Columbia Basin College to getting her boots muddy in a post-Katrina New Orleans, where she collected and helped test air samples.

NASA scientist speaks today at Hanford
Wednesday December 14th 2005

Neil Gehrels, a scientist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will give a free talk at 10 a.m. today on astrophysical short gamma-ray bursts.

Ecology official named nuclear waste manager
Wednesday December 14th 2005

Jane Hedges has been named nuclear waste program manager for the Washington State Department of Ecology effective Jan. 3.

Iran invites U.S. to bid on constructing nuclear power plants
Monday December 12th 2005

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran opened the door Sunday for U.S. help in building a nuclear power plant - a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear program as a cover to build atomic weapons.

PFS loses two support of two members for nuke dump
Friday December 9th 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two members of a company seeking to build a temporary nuclear waste facility in Skull Valley, Utah, say they are suspending their financial support, causing some to question the future of the project.

California wants Yucca refund
Friday December 9th 2005

WASHINGTON - California may ask the federal government to refund money that it has paid for Yucca Mountain, a request based on "uncertainty" surrounding the proposed nuclear waste repository.


Dept. Of Energy: GAO: More information needed on viability of Hanford tanks

07/01/2008

Fluor: Fluor, Vista Engineering win service awards

05/29/2008

Battelle/PNNL: PNNL security camera system honored for a third time

06/26/2008

CH2M Hill: CH2M Hill wins $4.5B Hanford cleanup contract

06/20/2008

Washington Closure: Washington Closure extends Stoller's contract

07/02/2008

Homeland Security: Jet encounter is test exercise

10/12/2007

Cleanup: House committee OKs $24 million more for Hanford

06/26/2008

Energy Northwest: Wind batters Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station

02/14/2008

B Reactor: B Reactor program nominated for honor

06/06/2008

Vit Plant: Vit plant testing model nears completion

05/17/2008



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