Vol. 7, No. 74 DOE extends deadline for interim storage funding opportunity
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Decommissioning
NRC to hold oral argument on enviros’ gambit to block Three Mile Island decom
An anti-nuclear group looking to block decommissioning of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant may get a chance in the new year to argue its case before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to agency correspondence. NRC’s Atomic Safety Licensing Board planned… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
RLUOB recategorization for pit mission in early ’23, Los Alamos says
A building slated to become a key cog in the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium pit-production complex is taking longer than expected to be authorized to hold enough plutonium for its new mission, a spokesperson said Tuesday. The Radiological Laboratory/Utility/Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Appeals court to hear Swift & Staley case
A two-year legal fight comes to a head Thursday with a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., set to consider if incumbent Swift & Staley was too large to qualify for a $160-million small business contract it won in December 2020 at the Department of Energy’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]
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International
Australia’s switch to nuclear powered submarines will leave no ‘capability gap’ U.S. says
The U.S. will not allow Australia’s submarine forces to have “capability gap” between the time the island nation retires its diesel-powered submarines and deploys nuclear-powered subs powered by technology provided by the U.K. and the U.S. “[W]e will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]