Vol. 2, No. 58 Yucca Bill Might Appear in House Next Week
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Extends Deadline for Spent Fuel Storage Site Intervention
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a two-month extension to the deadline for stakeholders to request intervention or a hearing in Waste Control Specialists’ license application to build and operate an interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NRC Opens Online Meeting With Centrus Next Week
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet virtually with Centrus Energy Corp. on April 24 to discuss the results of a year’s worth of oversight at the now-defunct American Centrifuge uranium enrichment demonstration in Ohio. The Energy Department in 2015 canceled… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
Nebraska Utility Sets Price Tag, Schedule for Fort Calhoun Decommissioning
The Omaha, Neb., Public Power District (OPPD) projects it will cost nearly $1.4 billion over five decades to maintain and decommission the closed Fort Calhoun Station nuclear power plant, according to the utility’s newly released post-shutdown decommissioning… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Uranium Shipments from Canada to SRS to Begin This Spring
Unprecedented shipments of liquid highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Canada to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will begin this spring, now that the 60-day window has closed to appeal a judge’s decision allowing the Energy Department transports. Groups… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOD Begins Nuclear Posture Review
The Defense Department announced Monday that it has formally begun preparing a new Nuclear Posture Review for the Donald Trump administration. In a brief statement, the Pentagon said Defense Secretary James Mattis “directed the commencement of the review, which… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Non-Proliferation
U.S., Member States Mark 30 Years of Missile Technology Control Regime
The U.S. State Department on Monday marked the 30th anniversary of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), calling it “an outstanding example of multilateral nonproliferation cooperation.” The Group of Seven nations – the United States, United Kingdom,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]