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TerranearPMC has won more environmental cleanup work with the award of Washington Closure Hanford subcontracts worth $6.1 million. 12 of 15 Hanford projects on budget and schedule The Department of Energy has fallen behind schedule or spent more than expected so far on about a third of its environmental cleanup projects being paid for with federal economic stimulus money. Study: US ability to investigate nuclear blasts fades WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is slowly losing its ability to investigate a nuclear blast and quickly determine who was responsible and whether more bombs are out there, experts said in a report released Thursday. Safety board schedules vit plant hearings RICHLAND -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board plans to visit the Tri-Cities in October for two days of hearings focused on the safety of design and construction of the Hanford vitrification plant. Intellegration to show off Richland facility today Intellegration in Richland plans an open house from 3 to 7 p.m. today to show off its design facility for developing long-reach tools. Cooling panels being installed at vit plant Crews at the Hanford vitrification plant have begun the complicated work of installing cooling panels at the building planned to treat low-activity waste at the plant. Stalled Yucca waste site could delay nuclear plants, Congress hears WASHINGTON -- Congress was warned Tuesday that the failure to build the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada could delay licensing of the country's first new nuclear power plants in a generation. Ex-vit plant official raises safety concerns, alleges retaliation at Hanford Safety and design concerns are being suppressed at Hanford's $12.3 billion vitrification plant, charges the engineering manager who oversaw research and technology for the contracting team until he was dismissed earlier this month. Explosion brings down Hanford's K East Reactor stack The 175-foot-high exhaust stack at Hanford's K East Reactor has been brought crashing to the ground with a combination of explosives and gravity. DOE reduces information services in effort to save money The Department of Energy has reduced hours at the DOE Public Reading Room on the Washington State University Tri-Cities campus and is closing out the Scientific and Technical Reports Collection there to save money. Big Bang investigators want another new atom smasher PARIS (AP) -- Scientists behind the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe pushed Monday to build an even bigger machine -- with money and partners from around the world. DOE inspector general: Yucca shutdown needs plan LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. Department of Energy is moving quickly with no master plan to shut down a project that would have buried the nation's nuclear waste in Nevada, the department's inspector general said in a report released Friday. Physicists hunt for a trace of the elusive, invisible geoneutrino PHILADELPHIA -- Princeton University proclaimed this month that some of its physicists had helped discover an invisible particle known as a geoneutrino. Murray's Yucca Mountain amendment dies in Senate committee WASHINGTON — An amendment to restore money to license the Yucca Mountain, Nev., nuclear repository failed in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. DOE amends decision on dismantling reactor The Department of Energy has amended its record of decision on Hanford's K East Reactor to allow it to be either torn down or cocooned as most other reactors have been. US-Russia nuclear treaty facing hurdles in US Senate WASHINGTON (AP) -- The once smooth path for Senate ratification of a major nuclear arms control agreement with Russia is looking a little dicier. Legacy of bizarre nuclear drilling site in Colorado lingers PARACHUTE, Colo. (AP) -- It may go down as one of the most bizarre nuclear experiments ever tried. Murray, Rossi battle over who supports Yucca Mountain more SEATTLE — Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi is accusing Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of being soft on the Yucca Mountain repository proposed for the nation's high-level radioactive waste, and she's firing back by accusing him of wanting to pull the plug on Hanford environmental cleanup money. Helicopter removes truck from Rattlesnake Mountain Three decades after a pickup rolled down the face of Rattlesnake Mountain, a helicopter plucked it from a steep ravine Tuesday. Iran says nuclear scientist provided information on CIA TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian nuclear scientist who returned home last week from the United States provided valuable information about the CIA, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday, adding that his spy's tale would be made into a TV movie. Scientists find most massive star ever discovered LONDON (AP) - A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighboring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered - hundreds of times more massive than the sun, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time. Richland wants to heal rift with Hanford Reach RICHLAND — Richland Mayor John Fox had a message for the city's Public Facilities District board on Tuesday: "We'll be watching you." US: no worries about Russian nuclear treaty cheating WASHINGTON (AP) - Even large-scale Russian cheating on a new nuclear arms treaty would not hurt U.S. security because U.S. nuclear strengths would more than offset any Russian violations, the Obama administration has concluded. Murray adds $50M to proposed DOE budget for Hanford WASHINGTON — The proposed Hanford budget for next year got a $50 million boost, thanks to the work of Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Tuesday. Iran to conduct studies for nuclear fusion reactor TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's nuclear agency says it will conduct scientific studies for the construction of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, an engineering challenge that no nation has yet overcome. |
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