Vol. 5, No. 23 DOE Nuclear Cleanup Office Inserts CARES Act Relief Into Contracts
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Budget & Policy
Lockheed Martin Opens With Solid First Quarter; But Says Virus Impact Uncertain
Lockheed Martin on Tuesday reported solid first-quarter financial results with strong sales and cash flow, but flat earnings, results it said were not impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But the outlook for the rest of the year is “uncertain” and is dependent in part on the “duration and spread” of the crisis, and the resulting actions […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA Delays Savannah River Pit Comment Period by 15 Days Due to COVID-19
Citing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic response raised by anti-nuclear activists, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has extended by 15 days a public comment period on a draft environmental impact statement for making plutonium pits at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The agency notified the the citizen watchdog group Savannah River Site […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
LANL Physicist Who Lied About Chinese Connection Seeks Sentencing Delay
The former Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist who pleaded guilty to lying about connections to a paid Chinese talent-recruiting program wants his sentencing date postponed because of COVID-19-related health concerns, court papers show. Turab Lookman, who pleaded guilty in January to one count of lying to federal authorities, is now nearly “70 years old and […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Free COVID-19 Testing Planned for Oak Ridge Area This Weekend
The Anderson County Department of Health is scheduled Sunday to offer free COVID-19 tests in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The department, part of the government for the host county of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site and Y-12 National Security Complex, will offer tests from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time at Roane State […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Court Considers Motions in Suit Against Portsmouth Contractors
The Ohio Department of Health said in federal court documents it cannot provide the cancer records sought by local residents suing current and former contractors at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Pike County. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers, in the Southern District of Ohio, gave the plaintiffs until Friday to file a motion […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Aims to Complete Indian Point License Transfer Review This Year
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday it intends by the end of 2020 to finish its evaluation of the application to transfer the licenses for the Indian Point Energy Center in New York state from owner Entergy to prospective buyer Holtec International. “Our review could be completed later this year,” according to Bruce Watson, chief of […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Offering Expedited Reviews During Pandemic of Security Rules Exemptions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday outlined the latest opportunity for regulatory exemptions for licensees during the COVID-19 pandemic, this one for on-the-job training for security personnel. Expedited reviews of exemption requests are being offered for several subsections in the NRC regulations on licensee security personnel, according to an NRC letter Monday to three nuclear […]
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International
Canadian Regulators Want More Info on Low-Level Waste Site
Regulators in Canada have requested additional detail on Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ environmental impact statement (EIS) for its planned near-surface disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste at the Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario. The group of federal and provincial officials, headed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), submitted 37 information requests for the updated EIS […]