Vol. 8, No. 32

Budget & Policy

NNSA won’t know how much 80 pits per year will cost until 2025

It will be another year before the National Nuclear Security Administration knows roughly how much it will cost to build the infrastructure to make 80 nuclear-weapon cores annually, the head of the agency told Senators Tuesday. NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby on… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Grout could be effective backstop to Hanford vitrification plant, says EM boss White

    Cement-like grout might be a viable cleanup alternative for up to 60% of the liquid radioactive waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state, the acting head of the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office told Senators Tuesday.  The long-delayed Waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NRC commissioners to testify in Senate Wednesday morning

    The five members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were scheduled to testify in the Senate Wednesday about the agency’s fiscal year 2024 budget request. The testimony, in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    ECA opposes WIPP restrictions sought by New Mexico regulators

    Communities near nuclear sites that generate transuranic waste want the Department of Energy to keep the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant open for a long time, based on comments filed recently with New Mexico regulators. Specifically, the Energy Communities Alliance,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    ‘Obsolete’ Los Alamos fire alarm system repeatedly registering false alarms

    The Los Alamos Fire Department responded to 34 fire false alarms at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2022 and the obsolete alarm system continues to malfunction in 2023, according to reports from the site.  An ongoing effort to replace the existing fire alarm… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

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