Vol. 7, No. 22 
Adams confirmed by Senate to lead NNSA defense programs at headquarters
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus ticks off final big milestone in sole-source HALEU contract as DOE preps competition for follow-on
Parts of Centrus’ high assay, low-enriched uranium cascade at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio were ready to operate as specified in a sole-source contract with the Department of Energy, the company said Wednesday. The 16-machine AC100M cascade was ready to start up by March 31, a company spokesperson said in an email Wednesday, except […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Hope for U.S. fuel reprocessing still kindled at Curio
SUN VALLEY, IDAHO — Despite a perceived lack of interest in the technology at the federal level and a major roadblock in the form of federal nuclear-waste law, Curio Solutions is still carrying a torch for spent fuel reprocessing and the company’s CEO wants Congress to know. “We have a once-through fuel cycle that treats […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE won’t yank Swift & Staley award before July amid debate about company’s small-biz eligibility
The Department of Energy will not revoke until August a disputed landlord services contract that could keep Swift & Staley at the Paducah Site in 2027 — but the agency also will not slow down plans to recompete or reward the work, which the incumbent is fighting in court to keep. That was the news […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Los Alamos Study Group sues NNSA over plutonium pits FOIA requests
The New Mexico-based Los Alamos Study Group filed suit Wednesday against the National Nuclear Security Administration in Washington, D.C., claiming the semi-autonomous Department of Energy agency is violating the Freedom of Information Act when it comes to plans for expanded plutonium pit production. The Albuquerque-based Los Alamos Study Group has made 65 requests under the […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC approves proposal to combine GTCC, low-level waste disposal rulemaking activities
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved an agency staff suggestion to combine two ongoing radioactive-waste rulemakings into one in an effort to streamline the process, according to a Wednesday memo. The commissioners’ unanimous approval means that NRC staff will now re-issue a new proposed rulemaking combining an existing inquiry into a rules change for Greater-Than-Class-C […]
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Decommissioning
Orano secures spent fuel management contract at Diablo Canyon
In some of the first public details about decommissioning work at California’s last operating nuclear plant, Orano USA announced Wednesday that it had locked down a contract to transfer the site’s spent fuel into dry storage post-shutdown. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), which owns and operates Diablo Canyon Power Plant, selected Orano USA subsidiary TN […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DNFSB announces death of one early board member Crawford
John (Jack) William Crawford, Jr., a Navy captain who served on the staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover prior to stints with the Atomic Energy Commission and later the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, has died, the board announced in a press release last week. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) was created by Congress […]