Vol. 9, No. 36

Budget & Policy

GOP mainstay Fleischmann suggests nuclear advocates buddy up to new crop of Dems in Congress

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) urged industry members at a Tuesday event to engage with Congress following the midterm elections to continue domestic nuclear power’s current momentum. Fleischmann told the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council’s New Nuclear Capital event in New York City that nuclear power has gained bipartisan support in Congress over time and can continue […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Invites go out to new HAB appointees; Nevada advisory board closing up?

    The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) said Tuesday appointment letters have gone out to replacement members for a revamped Hanford Advisory Board (HAB) in Washington state. Meanwhile, the chair of EM’s Site-Specific Advisory Board for the Nevada National Security Site said the local advisory panel has been told it will be disbanded […]

  • Budget & Policy

    House passes several nuclear bills, Senate action awaits

    The House of Representatives passed several nuclear energy-related bills Monday evening that address varying facets of the nuclear fuel cycle in an effort to streamline licensing and construct more nuclear capacity. On the first day back following the midterm election, six nuclear energy bills hit the House floor after advancing out of the House Energy […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC issues construction permit for X-energy’s Texas SMR project

    After completing X-energy’s environmental review in late October, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the advanced reactor company a construction permit for its four small modular reactor (SMR) project in Texas. This licensing action marks the first time in over 50 years a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor has won a construction permit, according to X-energy’s Monday press […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Fairbanks Morse Defense wins $99 million contract for sub overhaul

    Fairbanks Morse Defense last week said it won a $99 million four-year contract to provide repair and parts for submarine Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) overhauls on six U.S. Navy submarines. The company and Navy did not specify which submarines will get the EDG overhauls. This award is part of the Navy’s mitigation strategy to extend […]

  • Defense & Military

    Y-12 ready to resume making alloy used for nuclear weapons, NNSA says

    The Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been qualified by the feds to make a “binary” alloy for the first time in 20 years that could help modernize the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile. The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said in a Nov. 5 press release that Y-12 has […]

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