Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Industry Takes Issue With DOE Revisions to Market Report Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 5/1/2015 Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is calling for more transparency and oversight by the Department of Energy on uranium transfers to the metal commodities firm Traxys that are used to fund cleanup work at the Portsmouth site after the recent appointment of […]

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is calling for more transparency and oversight from the Department of Energy on uranium transfers to the metal commodities firm Traxys that are used to fund Portsmouth cleanup work. Traxys recently appointed former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman to its Board, which Barrasso called “deeply troubling” in an April 23 letter […]

The industry group Uranium Producers of America is raising concern after recently released documents show that the Department of Energy requested revisions to an independent report on the potential impact of DOE’s uranium transfers on the domestic uranium market. The Department has commissioned Energy Resources International to produce several reports in recent years on the […]

Two Workers ‘Splashed’ With Dangerous Chemical Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/24/2015 Operations at the Portsmouth depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plant remain suspended in the wake of an accident that occurred at the plant late last month, and it remains unclear when work will resume. The accident involved two workers being exposed to potassium hydroxide […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/24/2015 A Congressional hearing could be on tap on former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman’s new position as CEO of uranium enrichment firm Centrus Energy Corp., House Oversight and Government Reform Interior Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said this week. The House panel launched a probe in late March questioning whether […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/24/2015 Legislation could be on the table to cap the Department of Energy’s transfers of excess uranium if DOE does not limit the transfers on its own, Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said this week at a House Oversight Interior Subcommittee hearing on DOE’s uranium management program. DOE uses the transfers to […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 4/24/2014 A Congressional hearing could be on tap on former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman’s new position as CEO of uranium enrichment firm Centrus Energy Corp., House Oversight and Government Reform Interior Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said this week. The House panel launched a probe in late March questioning whether […]

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 4/24/2014 A Congressional hearing could be on tap on former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman’s new position as CEO of uranium enrichment firm Centrus Energy Corp., House Oversight and Government Reform Interior Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said this week. The House panel launched a probe in late March questioning whether […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/24/2015 Northwest Medical Isotopes has submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the first half of its construction permit application for a medical isotopes production facility, according to a Federal Register posting this week. The NRC received the application on Feb. 5, the posting said. NWMI originally submitted the first section […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/24/2015 International Isotopes announced this week that it has entered into contracts for most of the cobalt-60 that will be produced under an agreement with the Department of Energy to use the Advanced Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The contracts would yield quarterly progress payments to the company […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/24/2015 House appropriators cut in half the Obama Administration’s $100 million Fiscal Year 2016 request for work to sustain the American Centrifuge uranium enrichment technology, but provided reprogramming authority to the National Nuclear Security Administration for the rest of the funding in their version of the FY 2016 Energy and Water […]

A hearing could be in the works on former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman’s new position as CEO of uranium enrichment firm Centrus Energy Corp., House Oversight and Government Reform Interior Subcommittee Chair Rep. Cynthia Lummis said yesterday. The House panel launched a probe in late March questioning whether Poneman complied with ethics guidelines and […]

Legislation could be on the table to cap the Department of Energy’s uranium transfers if DOE does not limit the transfers on its own, Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said yesterday at a House Oversight Interior Subcommittee hearing yesterday’s on DOE’s uranium management program. DOE uses the transfers to help fund cleanup activities at Portsmouth and […]

Northwest Medical Isotopes has submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the first half of its construction permit application for a medical isotopes production facility, according to a Federal Register posting yesterday. The NRC received the application on Feb. 5, the posting said. NWMI originally submitted the first section of its permit application late last year, […]

House appropriators cut in half the Administration’s $100 million Fiscal Year 2016 request for work to sustain American Centrifuge uranium enrichment technology, but provided reprogramming authority to the National Nuclear Security Administration for the rest of the funding. The House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations Act today, and […]

Centrus Energy Corp. Chief Operating Officer Robert Van Namen will step down from his post on May 29, the company announced Friday. Van Namen joined the uranium enrichment firm in 1999, and on Friday noted the increased stability at the firm and that new CEO Dan Poneman is in place. “After 16 years with the […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 4/17/2015 House appropriators are looking to give the National Nuclear Security Administration $50 million in reprogramming authority above a base level of funding in Fiscal Year 2016 to support a program sustaining the American Centrifuge uranium enrichment technology. The House Energy and Water Appropriations subcommittee cleared this week its version of […]

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 House appropriators are looking to give the National Nuclear Security Administration $50 million in reprogramming authority above a base level of funding in Fiscal Year 2016 to support a program sustaining the American Centrifuge uranium enrichment technology. The House Energy and Water Appropriations subcommittee cleared this week its version of […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/10/2015 Coquí RadioPharmaceuticals Corp. announced this week that it has completed the schematic design of its $330 million molybdenum-99 production facility. The design finalization paves the way for the company to submit its construction license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by the end of 2015, the company said in […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/10/2015 While International Isotopes experienced a full-year net loss of approximately $1.5 million in 2014, that marks an improvement over the $2.5 million net loss it had in 2013, the company announced last week. The decrease in loss when compared to last year totals approximately 37 percent, which the company […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 4/10/2014 Setting up the URENCO USA uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico for further expansion, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last month released a “finding of no significant impact” and its environmental assessment in a request to increase capacity at the facility. The LES facility’s third phase of expansion is well underway, […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/3/2015 Questioning whether former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman complied with ethics guidelines and federal conflict-of-interest laws, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this week launched a probe into Poneman’s recent appointment to CEO of Centrus Energy Corp. Earlier this month, the uranium enrichment firm, which under its […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/3/2015 The Department of Energy this week issued a draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage DOE’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities. The new contract is being competed on a full-and-open basis, and will have cost-plus-award-fee contract line item numbers (CLINs) to cover conversion operations; and […]

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 4/3/2015 Questioning whether former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman complied with ethics guidelines and federal conflict-of-interest laws, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this week launched a probe into Poneman’s recent appointment to CEO of Centrus Energy Corp. Earlier this month, the uranium enrichment firm, which under its […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 4/3/2015 Questioning whether former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman complied with ethics guidelines and federal conflict-of-interest laws, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this week launched a probe into Poneman’s recent appointment to CEO of Centrus Energy Corp. Earlier this month, the uranium enrichment firm, which under its […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a draft Request for Proposal for operating the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride facilities at the Portsmouth and Paducah Sites. The value of the contract, which would have a three-year base period of performance and a two-year option, would range from $400 million to $600 million. For evaluation criteria, relevant past […]

Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC has agreed to implement corrective actions and pay $50,000 to resolve asbestos-related safety concerns at the Portsmouth D&D project under a consent order reached with the Department of Energy’s Office of Enforcement. The consent order, released yesterday, resolves an investigation DOE began last summer into potential deficiencies related to proper handling and […]

Questioning whether former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman has complied with ethics guidelines and federal conflict of interest laws, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this week launched a probe into Poneman’s recent appointment to CEO of Centrus Energy Corp. Last month the uranium enrichment firm, which under its previous name USEC […]

Current Forecast for Stable Workforce in ‘16 Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Despite proposed budget cuts in Fiscal Year 2016, the Portsmouth site doesn’t expect workforce impacts if recent increases in uranium prices hold into the next fiscal year. The Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request would provide $167 million for D&D work […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Another lawmaker raised concerns this week regarding former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman’s new position as CEO of Centrus Energy Corp., as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) questioned Poneman’s potential influence on Department of Energy staff. Earlier this month the uranium enrichment firm, which under its previous name USEC received substantial […]