Vol. 11, No. 60 NNSA to go with NOMAD for counter-drone system
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Air Force posts RFI for deploying reactors at military bases
In a request for information (RFI) released March 25, the Air Force is looking for input from companies interested in deploying nuclear reactors at its bases. The RFI listed on procurement database sam.gov says the service is interested in 1 megawatt to-300-megawatt… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
IWTU treats one-third of Idaho’s sodium-bearing waste
The Department of Energy and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory have now solidified a third of the high-level sodium-bearing radioactive waste at the site, DOE said Tuesday. According to a press release from DOE’s Office of Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Palisades Plant inches closer to restart following refurbishment
Holtec International completed major refurbishment projects for the shuttered Palisades reactor in Michigan and is on track to restart the plant probably in the first half of this year, the company said Monday. Site preparation is also getting underway for a couple… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Watchdog flags potential expansion of pit production at Los Alamos after review
A New Mexico watchdog group says recent federal analyses point to growing pressure to expand plutonium pit production at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), potentially beyond currently scoped capacity. The group refers to the lab’s most recently released… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
USW wants to ensure worker protections don’t slip in advanced reactors
While the United Steel Workers (USW) union supports advanced nuclear projects for its members, it wants to ensure that employee health and safety remain protected at advanced reactor projects That’s the gist of supplemental comments filed with the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
New Hampshire considers more nuclear in its energy future
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) issued an executive order to explore adding more nuclear power to the state’s energy mix. In the March 26 executive action, Ayotte ordered state agencies, led by New Hampshire’s Department of Energy, to do a review of regulatory… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DH Tech wins PPPO information technology work
A Virginia-based small business, DH Technologies, has been awarded a $1.1 million information technology and software contract with the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office. The award posted online Monday in SAM.gov said the Leesburg-based,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]