Vol. 8, No. 16 WIPP awaits NRC blessing to send problem waste container back to Savannah River
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Decommissioning
NRC to stake out position on using decommissioning funds for equipment replacement
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission planned next week to formally declare its position on a major industry wish-list item: paying for maintenance of nuclear power plants with funds that are supposed to be reserved for tearing the plants down. During the virtual meeting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE formally extends Swift & Staley into mid-2024
The Department of Energy is extending Swift & Staley as site services contractor at the Paducah Site in Kentucky through July 2024, the agency said in a procurement notice Monday. The move is meant to buy the DOE Office of Environmental Management time to recompete… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Osborne is new CFO for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Howard Osborne will leave IBM to become chief financial officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on April 23, the agency said Monday in a press release. As chief financial officer, Osborne is responsible for the management and auditing of the agency’s finances… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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National Laboratories
Cleaning fluid caused 2015 LANL arc-flash that sent two to hospital
An employee at Los Alamos National Laboratory was blown off a ladder and severely burned in 2015 after spraying cleaning solutions on parts of a power substation that turned out to be electrified, according to a report on the incident published last week. After… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]