With support from AREVA, Waste Control Specialists (WCS) LLC on April 28 submitted a license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a consolidated interim-storage facility in Andrews County, Texas.
In Louisiana, a new administration has put a temporary hold on the state’s annual coastal restoration plan as it reviews the most ambitious tasks to date: two projects to divert Mississippi River sediment to restore the state’s disappearing wetlands.
Westinghouse Nuclear, which took over building four U.S. reactors from contractor CB&I earlier this month, will face tighter project cost controls, increased liability and more transparency, says a settlement filed on Jan. 21.
About $380 billion worth of oil and gas projects are being deferred as the price of oil continues to hover near $30 per barrel, according to energy analyst Wood Mackenzie in a new report.
In a huge deal that Wall Steet analysts said posed both rewards and risks for its key participants, Chicago Bridge & Iron on Oct. 27 said it would sell its nuclear construction business in the U.S. and China to Westinhouse Electric.
The fact that floodwalls around New Orleans were designed to be overtopped but remain standing says much about the post-Katrina hurricane-protection system that rings the city—and about the risks that those who live within that system still face.
Related Links: House-Passed Debt-Limit Bill Awaits Senate Vote (ENR 2/4/13) New Fiscal Fights Ahead After 'Cliff' Deal (enr.com 1/9/13) A newly enacted bill has averted, for the time being, a default on the federal government's financial obligations, but mandatory spending cuts still are due to take effect on March 1.President Obama signed a bill on Feb. 4 that allows the government to borrow what it needs through May 18. The Treasury Dept. had warned that, without further action, the U.S. would breach its $16.4-trillion debt ceiling.To stave off the March 1 spending reductions for a few months, Obama on Feb.
Courtesy of NNSA/DOE Management of federal nuclear-weapons processing operations at the Pantex site in Texas (above) and at the Y-12 complex in Tennessee (below) will transfer to a Bechtel-led team by May. Courtesy of NNSA/DOE Related Links: NNSA Production Office Website (Pantex and Y-12 Facilities) Babcock & Wilcox has lost its contracts to manage and operate the federal Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, just months after three activists managed to breach security at the Tennesee nuclear research site.A consortium led by Bechtel will take over operations and management of the
