Vol. 10, No. 111

Recommissioning & Restarts

Palisades plant returns to operational status

After three years in decommissioning, the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan is on the brink of restarting, Holtec announced Tuesday. According to Holtec’s Tuesday press release, Palisades was granted operational status by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Monday. The Michigan nuclear plant is the first U.S. plant to move from decommissioning back to operational […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    White House could tap plutonium reserves for nuclear fuel

    The Reuters news service reported Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration plans to tap plutonium left over from dismantled nuclear weapons to help power commercial nuclear reactors in the United States. The news service reported Trump could have the Department of Energy make 20 metric tons available for U.S. nuclear power plants. The article said […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    X-Energy, Amazon reach SMR agreement with two South Korean companies

    X-Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with Amazon, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power and Doosan to speed deployment of small modular reactors to meet growing data center demands in the United States. The Rockville, Md. based advanced nuclear company announced the four-company collaboration in its Monday press release. KHNP is the primary South Korean […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Centrus enters MOU for uranium enrichment investment

    Centrus Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with two South Korean companies to explore investment in Centrus’ uranium enrichment facilities at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio. The MOU between Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), POSCO International and Centrus is non-binding. But the deal also calls for the three companies […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE to supply second cycle of HALEU to three companies

    The Department of Energy has announced the three companies it has conditionally agreed to provide the second round of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) allocation for advanced nuclear projects. The three companies awarded are: Antares Nuclear (based in California) Standard Nuclear (based in Oak Ridge, Tenn.) Abilene Christian University/Natura Resources (based in Texas) Antares Nuclear will […]

  • International

    House lawmakers introduce version of AUKUS industrial base collab bill

    Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Gabi Amo (D-R.I.) introduced legislation Aug. 22 to exempt entities already approved for AUKUS work from another Foreign Military Sales requirement, matching a bill introduced in the Senate in June. The bill, dubbed the AUKUS Improvement Act, would specifically exempt the entities previously vetted by the State Department as AUKUS […]

  • National Laboratories

    Sandia lab director says earlier layoffs make further job losses unlikely

    Laura McGill, director of Sandia National Laboratories, said Monday that she anticipates “no further job losses” due to Sandia’s headcount already being pared by about 400 this fiscal year, according to local publication Source NM. McGill, who took over as director in May, discussed layoffs with New Mexico lawmakers at the Science Technology and Telecommunications […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    DOE cleanup office seeks more time on WIPP response to DNFSB

    The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch says it needs more time to put together a detailed response on infrastructure replacement and refurbishment at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. The current top executive at DOE’s Office of Environmental Management requested a 45-day extension to the current Oct. 16 due date in […]

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