Vol. 6, No. 21 BWXT Snags $2.2B in in Naval Propulsion Business
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Needs to Update Its Sexual Harassment Prevention Standards, GAO Finds
The National Nuclear Security Administration has “limited information on the prevalence of sexual harassment” in its nuclear security forces and needs to take steps to comply with federal anti-harassment policies, said a government study published Monday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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National Laboratories
NAS Panel Says Nuclear Weapons Monitoring and Detection Needs High Priority
A National Academies panel said Monday that monitoring, detection and verification of nuclear weapons and fissile material should be a higher national security priority and that more government coordination is needed on the issue. That is the crux of an interim… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Transport RFP Should be Out By Mid-June
The Department of Energy said Monday the solicitation for a new five-year, $100-million transportation contract for its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico should be released in the next 25-to-60 days. As a result, the final request for proposals (RFP) for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Nevada Dem Says Biden, Granholm are “Partners” in Consent-Based Siting Fight
A Nevada Democrat sponsoring a bill that would ban funding for a federal nuclear waste repository without stakeholder consent said Monday the Joe Biden administration and the Department of Energy are in the Silver State’s corner. “With President Biden and Secretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Watchdog Group Fires Back at NRC Staff Over TMI Clean Water Allegation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff “intentionally mischaracterized” a nuclear watchdog group’s request to hold up the sale of Three Mile Island Generating Station Unit 2 when it recommended the agency toss the petition on procedural grounds, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
CORRECTION
The stories “Watchdog Group to File TMI Response with NRC Today” (Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, April 19, 2021) and “NRC Staff Tell Commission to Nix TMI Clean Water Allegation” (Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, April 13, 2021) should have said that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]