Vol. 10, No. 19

Naval Nuclear Propulsion

HII expands partnership with Babcock International to support Virginia-class subs

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and Babcock International Group have agreed to a contract expanding a partnership to support construction of Virginia-class submarines through HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The HII press release on Tuesday said this is the first Virginia-class outsourced contract to Babcock for submarine work with NNS. However, the two entered a […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Newhouse introduces legislation to expand nuclear tax incentives

    Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) has introduced legislation to expand tax incentives for domestic nuclear energy investment. The bill, Parity for Nuclear Energy Investment Act, was introduced on Dec. 4. It is co-sponsored by Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.). The legislation seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NDAA authorizes $160 million for DOE NE

    The House and Senate’s combined National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of fiscal 2026 would authorize $160 million for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy for funding projects related to energy security. The House-Senate Conference Committee collaborated to iron out the differences between the NDAA versions. The Conference Committee version came out Sunday and […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    More than 20 containers of glass made so far at Hanford

    Over 20 containers of low-level radioactive sludge have now been solidified into a glass form at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, feds said this week. The DOE Office of Environmental Management said in a Tuesday news release that the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) built by Bechtel National recently reached […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE selects five companies to develop HALEU transportation packages

    The Department of Energy is issuing $11 million in awards to five companies to develop and license new transportation packages for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). According to a Monday press release, DOE’s $11 million in awards will assist industry-led efforts to design, modify and license transportation through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The five companies […]

  • International

    Chernobyl shield cannot confine radiation after drone strikes, IAEA says

    The protective barrier around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site can no longer confine radioactive waste due to a drone strike in February, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement Dec. 5. An IAEA team completed a safety assessment of the protective cladding, named the New Safe Confinement (NSC), at Ukraine’s Chernobyl site. […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Finnish repository license review delay again

    Finland’s nuclear regulator has received its third extension to complete the assessment of Posiva Oy’s operating license application for its spent nuclear fuel deep geological repository, Onkalo. The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority’s May to November oversight report said it expects to submit its opinion on the application by June 2026. The previous due […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Holtec lands contract to build used fuel facilities for Taiwan Power

    Holtec International has landed a Taiwan Power Co. contract to build indoor dry spent fuel storage facilities at both the Chinshan and Kuosheng plant sites, Holtec said Monday. The work at these four boiling water reactor (BWR) units bring Holtec’s global dry storage client roster to 155 worldwide, according to Holtec’s Monday press release. “This […]

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