Vol. 7, No. 52

Life Extension Programs

Two-year delay for first W80-4 warhead, but NNSA says will still deliver on-time to Air Force

The National Nuclear Security Administration now expects to produce the proof-of-concept article for the refurbished W80 nuclear cruise-missile warhead by the end of fiscal year 2027, roughly two years later than planned. The semiautonomous Department of Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    Second WIPP bid protest filed with GAO after Bechtel award

    A venture called Carlsbad Operations Alliance LLC has filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office challenging the Department of Energy’s selection of a Bechtel-led entity to serve as the next prime contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant A notice of the contract challenge dated Monday was filed online with the Government Accountability […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC back at five commissioners as Senate confirms Caputo, Crowell

    The full Senate Wednesday night confirmed the White House’s nominees to fill out the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, bringing the nuclear safety regulator’s executive committee to five members for the first time in over a year. Annie Caputo and Bradley Crowell,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Full 5th circuit hearing set next month to Biden’s COVID vax policy for feds

    The entire Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Sept. 13 in New Orleans on a case surrounding the Joe Biden administration’s authority to require most federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s according to a notice posted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    All safety issues resolved at Oyster Creek, Holtec tells NRC

    A bevy of safety violations at a New Jersey nuclear power plant under decommissioning have been resolved, the company dismantling the site told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a recent letter. Since NRC on Jan. 26 slapped Holtec International with around $50,000… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Hanford lab worker who triggered rad alarm suffered no internal contamination

    A worker who on July 5, experienced radiological contamination on “unprotected areas” of the head and arm, at the Hanford Site 222-S laboratory tested negative for any internal contamination, a Department of Energy spokesperson said Tuesday. “The contamination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Correction

    An Aug. 3 article in Weapons Complex Morning Briefing “DOE hoping to move quickly on mercury storage” should have reported today’s online public hearing starts at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.

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