Vol. 5, No. 89

Plutonium Pit Production

HASC Chair Rails Against NNSA, Calls Savannah River Pit Plans ‘Idiotic,’ and ‘Dangerous’

House Armed Services chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) again railed against the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plan to turn Savannah River into a plutonium pit factory, saying the “idiotic” and “dangerous,” plan might leave the U.S. without the means to modernize its nuclear weapons on time and on budget. “I am highly skeptical of the level […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    14 Cases of COVID-19 Reported at Hanford Over Weekend

    Fourteen new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state over the weekend, putting the site’s cumulative case count at more than 500 since the pandemic hit the U.S. in January. Eight workers at the former plutonium production facility informed management Friday they had tested positive for […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Law Pausing Ohio Nuclear Plant Subsidies To Be Heard Tuesday

    A third hearing will be held Tuesday on Ohio House Rep. Jim Hoops’ (R) bill to delay subsidies granted in the controversial nuclear bailout law passed in 2019 to help keep two of the state’s nuclear plants financially solvent.  House Bill 798 will delay payments to the plant for at least one year while former […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    New Mexico Frustrated With DOE’s Slow Progress on Cleanup of Los Alamos Road Site

    The New Mexico Environment Department is still waiting on the Department of Energy to provide more details on the planned remediation of contamination discovered earlier this year on a public road outside the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The preliminary screening plan that will determine if the hazardous constituents at the 28-acre DP Road site are […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Carlsbad Tech Contract Bid Deadline Extended to Next Week

    The Department of Energy extended the bid deadline for a new Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract by one week, to Dec. 23. The DOE Office of Environmental Management announced the extra time in a package of questions and answers on the business published Friday on a procurement website. Previously, bids were due today. The DOE acknowledged […]

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