Vol. 10, No. 62 Sentinel to have new silos, Air Force leaders tell town halls
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Portsmouth completes controversial fourth cell construction at On-Site Waste Disposal Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy’s office of Environmental Management announced Tuesday it has completed construction of the fourth On-Site Waste Disposal Facility cell at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The fourth cell will be used to dispose of debris of uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
GE Hitachi successfully tests composite block for nuclear construction
A GE Hitachi Nuclear-led research team successfully tested new building blocks that could potentially reduce the cost of nuclear construction. In 2021, the Department of Energy (DOE) partnered up with GE Hitachi to develop three construction technologies that can… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Amentum selected to advance Czech utility’s SMR program
Amentum was selected by ČEZ, an energy utility based in the Czech Republic, to support its new nuclear program by advancing plans for two small modular reactors (SMR), as stated in an April 8 press release. Amentum, based in Chantilly, VA, will be tasked to deliver… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford safety report ‘inapplicable’ for mass-exceeding waste box, DNFSB report says
The DOE Hanford Site did not meet a technical safety requirement regarding the fissile mass of a waste box, according to a Feb. 28 report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Personnel at the site discovered the waste box with a fissile mass value exceeding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]