http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:52:12 EST In the first step towards what would be the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, the Interior Department, Oregon and California and PacifiCorp announced Thursday a non-binding agreement to remove four Klamath River dams that have been blamed for... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1691.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In a recommendation likely to be rejected by President-elect Barack Obama, the Energy Department will release a report within days urging Congress and the incoming administration to authorize a dramatic increase in the amount of spent fuel and high-level... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1668.html Fri, 7 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST In preparation for the oncoming expansion of the U.S. uranium enrichment industry, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff have expressed safety concerns about disposal of depleted uranium—specifically problems with shallow landfills or humid... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1625.html Thu, 30 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Energy Department, responding to criticism from the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, announced Friday it would prepare a supplement to its environmental impact statement for the proposed Yucca Mountain project to better assess the potential... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1605.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Citing strong—and somewhat surprising—U.S. utility interest in buying reprocessed nuclear fuel, French nuclear giant Areva told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission earlier this year that it was “seriously considering” building a... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1526.html Wed, 8 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Several nuclear firms have told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission they are considering building commercial spent fuel reprocessing facilities in the United States, even though federal support for such recycling may wane with the departure of the Bush... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1514.html Tue, 7 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT In one of the biggest U.S. groundwater cleanup efforts, the Energy Department and federal and state environmental regulators last week announced a final plan to install a large network of wells, pumps and treatment facilities to suck up high levels of toxic... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1505.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT     In a major step forward for the proposed nuclear waste repository, the Environmental Protection Agency released a long-awaited final radiation safety standard Tuesday for the Yucca Mountain project, tightening a previous version of the rule and... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1485.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT House and Senate negotiators have approved a compromise defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2009 that would sharply raise funding for Energy Department nonproliferation programs and allow DOE to proceed with numerous nuclear cleanup projects not... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1473.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Energy Department last week proposed a $42,250 fine against Bechtel National Inc. for retaliating against an employee who raised safety concerns about computer control systems for the high-level radioactive waste processing plant being built by the... http://www.theenergydaily.com/hottopics/site_cleanup/1460.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT