Vol. 7, No. 13 WIPP facility evacuated over weekend after discovery of radioactive liquid
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Cleanup & Remediation
Major new solicitations for Portsmouth, Paducah should not reduce jobs, DOE says
Changes in the scope of work for two new Department of Energy contracts planned at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio and Paducah Site in Kentucky, should not cause job cuts or employee transfers between the two former gaseous diffusion plants, the agency said Thursday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Settlement talks explored in Oak Ridge Lab vaccination case
Plaintiffs suing the Department of Energy’s prime contractor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee over COVID-19 vaccination requirements for employees are interested in settling the case, according to a filing last week in federal court. “Plaintiffs… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Decommissioning
Pilgrim GTCC waste storage complete, Holtec says
Holtec International has moved into storage some highly-radioactive reactor components at a Massachusetts nuclear power plant under decommissioning, the company announced recently. Holtec finished moving Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s Greater-Than-Class-C (GTCC)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE clears delivery of U.S. HALEU for Molybdenum-99 production
Continuing the U.S. campaign to inshore production of Molybdenum-99, the Secretary of Energy this week announced she cleared the way to provide upstart domestic manufacturers of the medical isotope with up to 750 kilograms of high assay, low enriched uranium annually. Secretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]