Vol. 8, No. 23 Washington state, DOE ponder test bed research permit, holistic talks
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Enviros sue to stop Diablo Canyon extension
An environmentalist group on Tuesday sued the operator of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California, seeking to keep the facility’s recently bailed-out reactors from operating beyond 2025. If it keeps Diablo Canyon open until at least 2030, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) would violate a 2016 contract with Friends of the Earth which stipulated […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Expressions of interest sought on recycling nickel from DOE Portsmouth Site
The Department of Energy is seeking expressions of interest for companies that could deploy established technology to recover up to 6,400 tons of radiologically surface-contaminated nickel from the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, the agency said Wednesday. Information gleaned through the procurement notice, issued online, will help DOE determine if it’s worthwhile to clean up the […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Ex-academic threatens to sue NRC over failure of 60s-era TRIGA reactor and imaging business
A man who tried to resurrect commercial imaging services at a shuttered, 1960s-vintage reactor recently threatened to sue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for allegedly ruining his business plans. In a letter to NRC, David Slaughter, the current president of Aerotest Operations in San Ramon, Calif., said he wanted to restart the imaging business in 2018 […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
CNS hiring contractors to upgrade Y-12 electrical infrastructure
Consolidated Nuclear Security is seeking qualified licensed electrical contractors to replace and upgrade various aging electrical systems at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The company, contracted to manage both Y-12 and the Pantex Plant in Panhandle, Texas, on behalf of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will hire multiple contractors under […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
States, EM should talk about Twitter, report says
It is time for states with Department of Energy nuclear sites and the agency’s cleanup office to consider social media’s role in distributing information, and disinformation, during emergencies, according to a report from the National Governors Association. “With the proliferation of smartphones and social media, it is critical that intergovernmental partners and the public have […]