Vol. 8, No. 145 Final 2024 NDAA requires development of nuclear sea-launched cruise missile
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Ala. senator’s release of military promotions does not include naval nuke reactor nominee
Senator Tommy Tuberville’s about-face on holding up more than 400 military promotions for months because of Pentagon policies relating to reproductive care for servicemembers does not include nominees to four-star status, including the presumptive head of the Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed more than 400 military officials after Tuberville, a Republican […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Orano slices and dices Crystal River Unit 3 reactor; packs up GTCC for onsite storage
In October, Orano USA finished cutting up and packaging the vessel for the Unit 3 reactor of the shuttered Crystal River Nuclear Plant in Florida, the company announced Wednesday. Orano USA, the Bethesda, Md.-based U.S. arm of the French nuclear company, announced in August it had started cutting the reactor into pieces. The parts of […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Hanford’s clean energy role will chiefly be landlord
The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office would mostly stay hands-off off any clean energy generation that comes to the Hanford Site in Washington state, an official said Tuesday. DOE’s Hanford office will be “limited to being a good landlord” federal manager Brian Vance said Tuesday at a meeting of the Hanford Advisory Board. About […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
DOE opens applications for nuclear energy grants at universities
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has put $7 million in funding up for grabs for nuclear energy programs at U.S. universities, the agency announced Wednesday. The University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization grant will account for almost all of this round funding at a single $6-million award, DOE wrote in the release. The […]