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Dems Drill NNSA No. 2 Nominee on Warhead Cores, Arms Control Treaty
WASHINGTON — William Bookless, nominated to be second-in-command at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), defended the agency’s plan to build two nuclear-warhead-core factories in the face of a double-edged inquisition from a pair of Senate Democrats here Thursday. Facing pressure from a third Democratic lawmaker during his confirmation hearing, the physicist and longtime Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory staffer also indicated he could support renewing the primary U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control treaty. Despite the hard-edged questioning, no member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said they would oppose Bookless’ confirmation as principal deputy administrator for the NNSA, which manages the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons stockpile. The committee had not…		 Upcoming Events

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While details have not been released, Fluor Idaho has presented Energy Department officials with its corrective action plan for preventing another radioactive-waste drum breach at an Idaho National Laboratory facility. Energy Department officials in Idaho are expected to finish their…
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Energy Department Again Tries to Ease DNFSB Concerns About Order
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SONGS Aims for Mid-January Restart on Used Fuel Transfer
By John Stang Southern California Edison (SCE) hopes to restart moving used nuclear fuel to dry storage at its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station between Jan. 15 and Jan. 20, 2019. The utility announced that target Thursday at a San…
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NNSA Should Consider Full Environmental Review of Plutonium Disposal Plan, Report Says
The Department of Energy should consider performing a lengthy environmental review of its plan to dispose of 34 metric tons of surplus weapon-usable plutonium by burying the material deep underground, a congressionally chartered panel said Friday. The department's semiautonomous National…
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