Vol. 6, No. 47 BWXT 2Q Earnings Fall But Revenue Remains Steady
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Contracts & Procurement
Quarterly Earnings Down While Revenue Rises at Jacobs
Earnings from operations dipped at Jacobs, Dallas, in the third quarter of fiscal 2021, which the international engineering and construction company attributed in part to a non-cash valuation connected with its March purchase of the majority stake in PA Consulting. Net… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Copes With Heat, Contamination Problems
During an unusually hot summer, some crews at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state are sweating through their protective clothing, according to federal safety reports. Hanford workers at the Liquid Effluent Retention Facility experienced… 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
Rose Sworn in as No. 2 at NNSA
Frank Rose is officially principal deputy administrator of the the National Nuclear Security Administration, the semi-autonomous Department of Energy nuclear-weapons agency announced Monday. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm conducted a virtual swearing in for Rose, who lives in Massachusetts, according to a tweet by Jill Hruby, herself sworn in as administrator of the National Nuclear […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC to Make Next Move in New Mexico Interim Storage Suit This Month
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning to fire its next salvo this month in an ongoing legal battle over one of two proposed interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel, according to a court filing Monday. NRC will file its next brief in the case over… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]
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Decommissioning
NRC to Consider ‘Escalated Action,’ Civil Penalty for Oyster Creek Security Violations
An inspection at a New Jersey nuclear plant being decommissioned by Holtec International revealed several security violations that might earn the company a civil penalty, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a letter to the plant’s owner last week. According… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NRC ‘Preliminarily’ Recommends Extension for Westinghouse’s S.C. Fuel Fab Plant
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff recommended granting a 40-year license extension to Westinghouse Government Services’ Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina, which among other things manufactures the rods used to restock the tritium reservoirs… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE Should Consolidate Research on High-Burnup Fuel Storage, NWTRB Report Says
The Department of Energy needs to consolidate its agency-sponsored research on high-burnup spent nuclear fuel storage, the federal government’s nuclear waste panel said in a new report published Monday. Although DOE funds “a variety of organizations” and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
CORRECTION
The story “Citing New Evidence, Enviros Ask NRC to Reconsider Decision on TMI Water Use Allegations” (Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, August 2, 2021) should have said that projected decommissioning water use at Three Mile Island Unit 2 was 100,000 gallons… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]