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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Salt Mining to Resume at WIPP
Salt Mining to Resume at WIPP
This
continuous miner, located underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant, is capable of cutting out salt and depositing it into a vehicle
for transport to the surface.
CARLSBAD, N.M. – Mining operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) are expected to resume this fall for the first time in more than three years, helping EM fulfill its mission of emplacing transuranic waste from generator sites around the country.
Mining for Panel 8 is expected to restart later this month or in early
November, with completion of the partially-mined panel scheduled for
2020, according to Dave Sjomeling, undergound deputy operations manager
with WIPP management and operations contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership. Miners have completed testing of the mining equipment to be used in Panel 8.
More than 112,000 tons of salt will be removed from the underground to
complete the panel, which will contain seven disposal rooms for waste
emplacement. Each disposal room is 300 feet long, 33 feet wide, and 13
feet high. Rooms generally hold about 10,395 55-gallon drum equivalents.
A
finished disposal room ready to receive waste drums. Each room can hold
more than 10,000, 55-gallon drums. There are seven rooms per panel.
“The resumption of mining represents an important step for WIPP and
our workforce,” Carlsbad Field Office Manager Todd Shrader said. “Panel 8
will provide additional space for the emplacement of transuranic waste
as our waste handler crews continue to emplace waste in Panel 7.”
Panel 8 mining began in late 2013, but was halted following separate
fire and radiological events that suspended emplacement operations.
Workers will re-mine the current roof (called the back) at the panel’s
entrance and install rock bolts to provide stability.
Miners use a continuous miner — a machine designed to remove salt rock
from the WIPP underground. They load the mined salt into a haul truck,
which deposits it into a hoist that carries the material 2,150 feet to
the surface for removal. WIPP uses a room and pillar system, where the
mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating arrays
of rooms and pillars.
- Contributor: Khushroo Ghadiali
EM Update | Vol. 9, Issue 20 | Oct. 17, 2017
EM Update | Vol. 9, Issue 20 | Oct. 17, 2017
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Secretary Of Energy Rick Perry Announces First Shipment Of U.S. Crude Oil To India
Secretary Of Energy Rick Perry Announces First Shipment Of U.S. Crude Oil To India
By By U.S. Department Of Energy, / Monday, October 16, 2017 10:00 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of
Energy Rick Perry announced that on October 2, 2017, the first-ever
shipment of U.S. crude oil arrived in India. Following Prime Minister
Modi’s visit with President Trump, Indian companies ramped up purchases
of U.S. crude. “I am proud of the collaborative work between the United
States and India that
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Monday, October 16, 2017
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup October 16, 2017
The Energy Collective Daily: Prospects for Electric Vehicles Look Increasingly Good
Prospects for Electric Vehicles Look Increasingly Good | The Energy Collective Daily |
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The Future of SMR Deployment in Canada.
In anticipation of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL) announcement
of the exciting results of their Request for Expressions of Interest
(RFEOI) on small modular reactors (SMR) in a report later this week, the
CNL team will be answering your RFEOI and SMR questions following the
announcement LIVE on Thursday, October 19 at 10:00 Eastern during a free Nuclear Energy Insider webinar.
Sign up for the webinar here and we’ll send you the report link as soon as it’s ready
Members of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ SMR team will be answering all your RFEOI questions LIVE on Nuclear Energy Insider’s webinar entitled: The Future of SMR Deployment in Canada.
Here’s just some of the exciting news they’ll have to share and discuss:
You don’t want to miss out on this exclusive webinar, sign up here
Can’t make the webinar when it’s on? Just sign up and we’ll send you the recordings shortly after.
Many thanks,
Ben
Ben Moss
Senior Industry Analyst
Nuclear Energy Insider
+44 (0)207 375 7537
BMoss@nuclearenergyinsider.com
Sign up for the webinar here and we’ll send you the report link as soon as it’s ready
Members of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ SMR team will be answering all your RFEOI questions LIVE on Nuclear Energy Insider’s webinar entitled: The Future of SMR Deployment in Canada.
Here’s just some of the exciting news they’ll have to share and discuss:
- CNL has identified SMRs as one of seven strategic initiatives the
company intends to pursue as part of its Long-Term Strategy, with the
goal of siting an SMR on its Chalk River site by 2026
- CNL recently hosted a stakeholder roundtable, featuring Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, the event also welcomed operators, developers, regulators, government officials and supply chain representatives to a global discussion on the obstacles and opportunities in deploying SMR technology
You don’t want to miss out on this exclusive webinar, sign up here
Can’t make the webinar when it’s on? Just sign up and we’ll send you the recordings shortly after.
Many thanks,
Ben
Ben Moss
Senior Industry Analyst
Nuclear Energy Insider
+44 (0)207 375 7537
BMoss@nuclearenergyinsider.com
42nd Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC - An email from my son
Friends and Family,
I hope this email finds you doing well and enjoying the fall wherever you may be!
As
some of you know, this Sunday I am running in the 42nd Marine Corps
Marathon in Washington D.C. as a part of Fred's Team. We are committed
to raising money to support research efforts at the Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center.
More specifically, I am running for hope:
the hope that the doctors, nurses and care providers at Sloan Kettering
and elsewhere provide to families like ours that have battled various
forms of cancer, and the hope that one day, through research and
innovation, we will be able to defeat this disease in its many forms.
Though
I've done one marathon before, finding the hours to train with a
toddler in the house is not so easy, so I need your support - please
send health and speed vibes my way on Sunday!
And,
if you are willing, below is a link to donate to our team. I've
committed to raise $750 or $29 per mile, and I'll be sure to raise a
small cup of water to each of you at the stations along the route. No
amount is too small!
Thank you in advance for your support, and I hope our paths cross soon.
All the best,
Mike
Exclusive webinar: SMR Deployment in Canada
Exclusive webinar: SMR Deployment in Canada
In anticipation of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL) announcement of the exciting results of their Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) on small modular reactors (SMR) in a report later this week, the CNL team will be answering your RFEOI and SMR questions following the announcement LIVE on Thursday, October 19 at 10:00 Eastern during a free Nuclear Energy Insider webinar.Sign up for the webinar here: http://bit.ly/2xKAatw
Members of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ SMR team will be answering all your RFEOI questions LIVE on Nuclear Energy Insider’s webinar entitled: The Future of SMR Deployment in Canada.
Here’s just some of the exciting news they’ll have to share and discuss:
CNL has identified SMRs as one of seven strategic initiatives the company intends to pursue as part of its Long-Term Strategy, with the goal of siting an SMR on its Chalk River site by 2026
CNL recently hosted a stakeholder roundtable, featuring Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, the event also welcomed operators, developers, regulators, government officials and supply chain representatives to a global discussion on the obstacles and opportunities in deploying SMR technology
The team at Nuclear Energy Insider are also delighted to announce that we are partnering with CNL for the March 2018 SMR and Advanced Reactor Summit in Atlanta, working together on the brand-new Canadian track, hosting another industry roundtable and much, much more.
You don’t want to miss out on this exclusive webinar, sign up here http://bit.ly/2xKAatw
Can’t make the webinar when it’s on? Just sign up and we’ll send you the recordings shortly after.
Georgia Power places second steam generator placed for Vogtle Unit 3
Georgia Power places second steam generator placed for Vogtle Unit 3
http://nuclear.energy-business-review.com/news/second-steam-generator-placed-for-vogtle-unit-3-georgia-power-5947914
Sunday, October 15, 2017
How Can North Korea Possibly Build Nukes? Because They Have 15,000 CNC Machines
How Can North Korea Possibly Build Nukes? Because They Have 15,000 CNC Machines
http://www.core77.com/posts/69660/How-Can-North-Korea-Possibly-Build-Nukes-Because-They-Have-15000-CNC-Machines
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