WIPP

RWE Struggles To Remain Profitable, Mulls Closing Garzweiler Mine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) to Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC (NWP) for violations of DOE worker safety and health and nuclear safety requirements.  Concurrently, DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) issued a PNOV to Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) for violations of… Keep reading →

Future Uncertain For Nuclear Energy In California

Washington, DC — Today, the New Mexico Environment Department, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors signed two settlement agreements to resolve the State of New Mexico Environment Department’s claims against DOE and its contractors related to the February 2014 incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad and the associated… Keep reading →

Santa Ana Winds Stoke Wildfires In Southern California

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AGREE TO PROJECTS FOR SAFER ROADS, IMPROVED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ENHANCED EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN NEW MEXICO WASHINGTON—New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz released the terms of a $73 million settlement of the State’s claims against the Department of Energy (DOE)… Keep reading →

Seven Nuclear Power Plants Go Offline

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz stated his department’s commitment to reopening the federal government’s underground nuclear waste repository in New Mexico.”Moniz made assurances to a U.S. Senate subcommittee during a hearing Wednesday in Washington, D.C. He says reopening the troubled facility would be done safety, with worker safety in mind. A container stored at the… Keep reading →

Ethanol Industry Threatened By Midwest Drought

Washington —  The Department of Energy (DOE) notified the State of New Mexico that it will not be able to meet the June 30th deadline to remove 3706 cubic meters of transuranic waste from the mesa at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). “Working together with the State of New Mexico, we have made great strides in cleanup… Keep reading →