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Los Alamos will have equipment to make 30 nuke cores by 2030, according to DOE memo
The Los Alamos National Laboratory will install by 2030 the equipment needed to make at least 30 plutonium pits annually, according to a Jan. 19 memo from the deputy secretary of energy. Formally known as the Los Alamos Plutonium Pit Production Project 30 Base Equipment Installation subproject, the installation will provide the lab with “the minimum equipment necessary to provide 30 war reserve PPY [pits per year]” by Aug. 30, 2030, according to the memo signed by David Turk, the deputy secretary of energy. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said this equipment is not necessary to produce 30 war-reserve pits annually.…		 Upcoming Events

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Nuke credit applications to open by March, DOE says
Nuclear power plant operators looking to take advantage of a federal bailout scheme may have to wait a bit longer to apply for the program’s second funding round, according to a Department of Energy spokesperson. DOE expects to release “application…
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Feds find much glass from Hanford vit plant can be managed as low-level waste
In a Federal Register notice Tuesday, the Department of Energy said that glass logs produced from low-level radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state can be treated as low-level waste. DOE published that conclusion after consulting with…
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Texas fighting to keep interim storage suit alive
Texas is fighting to keep its lawsuit against commercial interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state from getting tossed on a technicality, as a similar suit was last week, a court filing shows. The state on Friday argued…
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House Armed Services Committee shuffles staff for 118th Congress
There will be some churn in the 118th Congress among staff on the House Armed Services Committee, which sets policy and spending limits for Department of Energy nuclear-weapons programs, according to documents the committee published Wednesday. Christopher Vieson will be…
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