Vol. 5, No. 69

Non-Proliferation

New START Lapse Could Mean Billions in DOE Nuclear Expenses, Budget Office Warns

If the New START nuclear arms-limitation treaty expires in February, and the United States decides to boost its deployed nuclear weapons, the Department of Energy could face billions of dollars in one-time and recurring costs, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday. While the study, “The Potential Costs of Expanding U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces If the […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Energy Department Plans Virtual Meetings on Oak Ridge Cleanup Contract

    The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management plans to hold virtual meetings next month on the draft solicitation for the new cleanup contract at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. In a notice Monday, the agency said it has scheduled a pre-solicitation conference and individual sessions with potential vendors for Sept. 8 to 10, along […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    State-Federal Talks on Hanford Cleanup Quietly Continue During Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped state-federal “holistic” negotiations over major environmental remediation issues at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The talks between DOE, the state, and the Environmental Protection Agency are occurring remotely, Washington state Department of Ecology spokesman Randy Bradbury said in an Aug. 11 email. The talks began in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth Workers Told to Follow Ohio Travel Restrictions

    Employees for the Energy Department’s remediation contractor at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio were advised recently that they would face a 14-day self-quarantine following travel to a handful of states hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a July 29 memo to employees, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth said anyone who visits states listed in Ohio’s travel […]

  • National Laboratories

    Judge Grouchily Postpones Sentencing of Ex-LANL Physicist With Chinese Connection

    In an order as bristly as the late Wilford Brimley’s legendary mustache, a federal judge on Tuesday postponed the sentencing of a former Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist who pleaded guilty to lying about his connection to a Chinese government program. Sentencing had been set for today in U.S. District Court for New Mexico, and […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Texas Congressional Candidate Raises Concerns About Spent-Fuel Storage

    The Democratic Party’s candidate for the congressional seat representing Texas’ 11th District this week emphasized his opposition to potential storage of radioactive spent nuclear fuel in the region. “One thing I’m particularly concerned about is the plan … to bring in highly radioactive nuclear waste from 100 nuclear power plants across the country, to store […]

  • Decommissioning

    Thirteen Nuclear Power Reactors Retired in 2019: Report

    Thirteen nuclear power reactors were permanently retired in 2019, including two in the United States, according to an industry performance report issued Tuesday by the World Nuclear Association. “This is the joint second highest number of reactors shut down in a single year,” the report says. “However, for the majority of these reactors, 2019 was […]

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