Vol. 7, No. 16 Adams sworn in as head of NNSA defense programs in Washington
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA review of nonproliferation office underway, agency says
An internal panel of National Nuclear Security Administration personnel have started their headquarters-led review of the agency’s Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Office and expects to wrap up the work sometime in 2022, an agency spokesperson said Monday. “The independent strategic review of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’s (DNN) mission space is beginning its work and conversations with DNN […]
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Contracts & Procurement
11th Circuit appeals judge says contractor vaccination case could end up before high court
A member of a three-judge panel for the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said during Friday oral arguments, the Joe Biden administration’s authority to order COVID-19 vaccinations for federal contract workers could ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. “You may win the case, the Supreme Court may go with the government down […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
No greenlight yet for resumption of IWTU demonstration run
The Department of Energy has yet to carry out needed fixes to allow the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit to resume its final test run at the Idaho National Laboratory, the agency confirmed Monday. A 50-day demonstration run of the long-anticipated Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) was suspended Feb. 26 after swings in operating temperatures and […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Longtime DOE managers officially start new roles at Environmental Management
Candice Robertson, a familiar face at the Department of Energy, officially started in her new role as acting second-in-command at the agency’s $7.6-billion Office of Environmental Management, according to the latest organizational chart posted Monday. Robertson is the acting principal deputy assistant secretary, or EM-2, at the DOE nuclear cleanup office, filling the opening created […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Site surprised with 2-inch springtime snowfall in surprise for parched region
Workers at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state had to cope with an unexpected springtime snowfall in their daily commute on Monday. The DOE’s Hanford Site said via Twitter Monday that the 2.3 inches recorded by Leidos-led services contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) represents a new record for an April snow […]
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Budget & Policy
Plant closures contributing to declining U.S. nuclear electricity generation, EIA says
U.S. nuclear electricity generation will continue its downward trend as more power plants close down in the coming years, the federal government’s independent energy auditor said in a recent report. Generation losses from reactor retirements contributed to a net U.S. nuclear electricity output of 778 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2021, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) […]