Vol. 4, No. 56 Senator Still Awaiting DOE Reply on Hanford Mission Support Contract
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Cleanup & Remediation
Senate Passes West Valley Reauthorization Bill
The U.S. Senate on Monday passed legislation to reauthorize the Energy Department’s cleanup of the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state. The measure awaits President Donald Trump’s signature after receiving unanimous consent from the Senate.… 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
NNSA Files Appeal in UPF Lawsuit as Anti-Nukers Press to Stop Construction
The Department of Energy and anti-nuclear activists seeking to stop construction of the Uranium Processing Facility could find themselves in an appeals court in January to argue about a lower court’s September decision that forced a partial federal redo of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix Northwest Accepts $23K EPA Fine for Permit Violation
Perma-Fix Northwest accepted a $23,275 fine for its failure in 2013-2014 to ensure it had sufficient third-party liability coverage for its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) radioactive waste facility in Richland, Wash., the U.S. Environmental Protection… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Non-Proliferation
Energy Dept. Considers Schedule for Ban on HEU Exports for Isotope Production
The U.S. Department of Energy is studying whether to sign off on an extension of the legal deadline to end exports of weapon-grade uranium for foreign production of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). The agency’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Takes Another Holtec Decommissioning Support Contract
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy on Tuesday said it had secured a contract for dismantlement, segmentation, and packing of the reactor internals and reactor pressure vessel for the retired Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. This is the Wilmington, N.C., company’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]