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Members of Congress representing states or communities adjacent to former nuclear weapons production sites have made another plea to restore cleanup funds in the fiscal year 2009 budget. Decision on nuclear waste disposal delayed The Department of Energy will need an extra year to prepare a report on long-term disposal options for commercial and nonweapons radioactive waste, some of which could be sent to Hanford. Cleanup chief Rispoli lists top Hanford priorities The Department of Energy plans to focus on cleanup projects that reduce risk while meeting as many legal requirements as possible with limited money next year, Jim Rispoli, assistant secretary for environmental management, said Wednesday. Lawmakers ask GAO for review of waste treatment plant's work 'stand-downs' WASHINGTON - The chairman and ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the Government Accountability Office on Thursday to review costs associated with nuclear safety and worker "stand-downs" at Washington's Hanford Waste Treatment Plant and tank farms. Sen. Murray rebukes DOE over Hanford budget The federal government is playing with fire by underfunding the Hanford budget for next year, an annoyed Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said at a congressional hearing Wednesday. Hanford ships 1,000 pounds of plutonium to New Mexico The Department of Energy and Fluor Hanford have shipped more than 1,000 pounds of plutonium from Hanford to a national repository in New Mexico. Hanford Advisory Board calls for more cleanup money PORTLAND -- More money is needed for Hanford cleanup in fiscal 2009 and 2010 than proposed in budget documents if the Columbia River and public health are to be adequately protected, according to the Hanford Advisory Board. Hanford workers position 'umbrella' Hanford workers have finished installing a 70,000-square-foot "umbrella" over soil contaminated by what may have been the largest leak of radioactive waste from Hanford's underground tanks. Hanford workers finish filling radioactive basin Hanford workers finished filling the K East Basin with sand over the weekend after the last of the radioactive water was drained from the basin two weeks ago. Hanford workers digging up lost fuel pieces Hanford workers have unearthed 32 whole and 11 partial pieces of highly radioactive reactor fuel in burial grounds for reactor debris along the Columbia River. K East Basin goes dry, eliminates top risk to river Hanford's leak-prone K East Basin is dry for the first time since production of plutonium began at the reactor during the Cold War. DOE decision could send waste to Idaho Up to 9,000 containers of radioactive Hanford waste could be sent to Idaho for repackaging under a revised Department of Energy plan. Hanford, DOE boost efforts to protect fish The Department of Energy is tripling its efforts to clean up chemicals toxic to fish that are seeping into the Columbia River near Hanford's K East Reactor. Cleanup may begin on radioactive waste spread by animals Plans are being developed to start cleaning up Hanford's largest waste site later this year. Tank waste plan put on slow track The Department of Energy says it will take more time on a plan to send radioactive waste from eight Hanford tanks to a national repository in New Mexico for disposal rather than turning it into a stable glass form. Plan to accelerate cleanup abandoned The Bush administration has abandoned its promise to accelerate cleanup at Hanford and other large nuclear weapons sites, said Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., in a speech Monday in Arizona. Lockheed seeks support services contract Lockheed Martin has confirmed it is a finalist for Hanford's Mission Support Contract. Trailer hauls press to final resting place at Hanford A huge piece of Hanford history took a slow ride Friday to Hanford's landfill for low-level radioactive and chemical waste. Tri-Party Agreement talks still suspended High-level negotiations on the Tri-Party Agreement remain temporarily suspended, Hanford regulators told the Hanford Advisory Board in discussions last week in Pasco. Cutoff deadline passes on Hanford waste ban: Senator confident nuclear power study will take place OLYMPIA - Measures to halt shipments of nuclear waste to Hanford and to study the future of nuclear power in Washington were laid to rest Friday when a Senate committee chairman allowed a cutoff deadline to pass without a vote. Some Hanford tank waste work to resume soon The first work with high-level radioactive waste at the Hanford tank farms could resume in the next few weeks as the Department of Energy and CH2M Hill Hanford Group continue to recover from a spill of radioactive waste in late July. Audit recommends landfill stay unused The Department of Energy could save $13 million by postponing disposal of radioactive waste at Hanford's Integrated Disposal Facility from 2010 to 2017, according to a report by DOE's Office of the Inspector General. House approves budget increase The U.S. House approved a bill late Monday that would provide more money for Hanford cleanup this year than recommended by the Bush administration. Activist groups calling for study of Hanford Reach contamination WASHINGTON - A coalition of activist groups called Monday for Congress to authorize an independent and comprehensive study of whether the Columbia River as it flows through the Hanford reservation has been contaminated with radioactivity and other toxins. Hastings says bid to keep radioactive waste out of Washington could backfire Hanford could end up as the permanent burial ground for far more of the radioactive wastes produced during World War II and the Cold War if voters approve Initiative 297, Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., warned Wednesday. |
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