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Given the discussion surrounding sending the plutonium at Savannah River to WIPP, has DOE looked at whether the current design for the new ventilation system and exhaust shaft to be built at WIPP would need changing to handle this new…
In February 2014, WIPP suffered an underground vehicle fire resulting in a portion of WIPP being shut down and workers being evacuated.
The Russian Federation and other former Soviet states are major partners for the Global Material Security program.
After cancelling the original Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Facility (CMRR) in 2014 after spending nearly $500 million on design activities, the President's fiscal year 2017 budget is now proposing a new alternative for…
My understanding is that the Office of Environmental Management working with Urenco's Louisiana Enrichment Services facility to re-enrich tails in order to support continued clean-up at the Portsmouth, Ohio Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
Over successive administrations, the Department has had great difficulty in selecting a site for the permanent disposal of nuclear waste.
In 1985, President Reagan made a determination that a separate defense waste repository is not needed.
The recent CRESP report... found that DOE has been slow to implement industry-standard quantitative methods.
The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), intended to treat high level waste and part of the low-activity waste at the Hanford tank farms, has experienced cost and schedule overruns as well as ongoing technical and management…
DOE has emphasized that safety will not be compromised in completing the recovery activities at WIPP.
What are NNSA's views on the recommendations contained in this National Academies report, particularly the recommendation of an interim solution involving downblending the 20 tons of HEU currently designated for civilian research reactor…
What is the level of risk that NNSA will not be able meet the milestone for ceasing operations in building 9212 by 2025?
Do you have any concerns regarding sufficient budgetary resources or DOE's human resources to pursue defense cleanup and defense repository activities simultaneously?
Do you think that this slowdown--these actions by the Russians--do you think it increases the risk portfolio that's out there as to us?
We are concerned that billions of dollars could be added to the defense cost, potentially squeezing out modernization and new weapon systems.
Miscalculation. The broad answer is miscalculation.
I believe strongly that we have in place forces now to do that, missile defense and offensive forces.
We will maintain our commitments to the NATO alliance, and that we will respond effectively.