January 10, 2018 – “The building where the most highly radioactive materials at the West Valley Demonstration Project were once handled is being torn down.

The vitrification plant is where 600,000 gallons of liquid nuclear waste were turned into glass cylinders in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The cylinders were then packaged in fives and welded into steel canisters before being stored under 21-inch thick concrete casks and relocated to another spot on site.” Link to article

January 8, 2018 – “In 1959 I was taking my intro engineering geology course at the University of Michigan geology camp in the Tetons when they were selecting a site near Buffalo for a nuclear reprocessing project. Every Sunday my roommate Red Berenson (of hockey fame) and I hiked in the glacier-scoured Tetons.

I could have told you then that geological instability at the West Valley site made it unsuitable for long-term disposal of nuclear materials.” Link to article

January 5, 2018 – Stuart MacVean, president and CEO of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, spoke to members of the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce Friday morning and addressed a familiar issue: attracting, and retaining, a young workforce.” Link to article

January 4, 2018 – “BWX Technologies Inc., said Thursday it had landed a major Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract along with lead partner Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3), a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries Technical Solusions division.”  Link to article.

December 2017 – “In November, DOE formally submitted its report to Congress, “Alternatives for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste and Greater-than-Class C-Like Waste,” as required under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The report confirms land disposal at generic commercial facilities and/or at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico as its preferred alternative for disposal.” Link to Bulletin