Vol. 7, No. 71

Contracts & Procurement

LANL prime is latest to have entire option package picked up by NNSA; on through November 2028

The National Nuclear Security Administration extended Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operations contractor Triad National Security for five more years, through Nov. 1, 2028, the agency announced Tuesday. In the third such mass-extension this year for a nuclear-weapons site contractor, the agency picked up five one-year options on Triad’s contract simultaneously.  Triad includes team […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Compromise NDAA ratchets up authorized NNSA, EM budgets for 2023

    A compromise National Defense Authorization Act released late Tuesday would authorize the National Nuclear Security Administration to spend some $880 million more than requested, more than the House or Senate had proposed individually. The bill also authorizes almost $7 billion, $100 million more than requested, for defense environmental cleanup: the largest account in the Department […]

  • Decommissioning

    Spent fuel storage move at Indian Point plant complete by February, Holtec says

    The company in charge of decommissioning a shuttered New York nuclear power plant forecast that it could finish moving the facility’s spent nuclear fuel inventory into dry storage early next year, according to regulatory filings. Holtec International, which is dismantling Indian Point Energy Center, has told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission it expects spent fuel transfer […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Change of command Friday for STRATCOM

    Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton was set on Friday to assume command of the interagency forces that carry U.S. nuclear weapons. Cotton, now commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, will take over from Admiral Charles Richard, who has led U.S. Strategic Command since November 2019. Richard will retire from active duty, Strategic Command said. […]

  • Decommissioning

    Second round of DOE nuclear credits planned for January ‘23

    The Department of Energy is planning to open up its second round of bailouts for economically-troubled nuclear power plants in the new year, an agency spokesperson said Tuesday. DOE is preparing its next round of funding under its roughly $6 billion civil nuclear credits program, greenlit in November 2021 under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs […]

  • Decommissioning

    NDA report highlights recent progress in United Kingdom nuclear cleanup

    The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority wrapped up most spent fuel reprocessing during 2022, one of the major advances for the agency charged with cleaning up the kingdom’s early nuclear sites, according to a new report. The U.K. National Decommissioning Authority (NDA) “strategy is to bring the reprocessing programme to an end,” according to the […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Amentum hires Cavendish exec to lead international security line

    Maryland-based Amentum has hired a former Cavendish Nuclear boss, Loren Jones, to lead its national security group’s international business line, Amentum said in a Tuesday press release. Jones joined Amentum this month as managing director and senior vice president of the Amentum security group’s international business. He will head nuclear, security and environment business for […]

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