Vol. 6, No. 53 
Losing Bidders Protest NNSA’s Award of Pantex/Y-12 Contract to Fluor-led Team
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Budget & Policy
Over 90% of EM Feds, Contract Workers Have Taken the Jab
More than 90% of the federal employees and contract workers at the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch have now been vaccinated against COVID-19, with more than 2,000 apparently still not taking the shot. “The vast majority of our [Environmental Management]… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
NRC Approves Palisades, Big Rock Point Sales; Enviros Complain of Lack of Hearing
A private company’s plans to purchase and decommission two Michigan nuclear power plants took a step forward Monday, when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission provisionally approved the transaction, according to a new agency order. NRC staff approved the sale of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
Illinois Hopes that Feds Will Save Nuke Plants After Bailout Bill Expires, State Sen. Rezin Says
The state of Illinois wants Washington to step up and save its economically-troubled nuclear power plants after the Prairie State’s multi-million dollar bailout bill expires, a state senator said Tuesday. “[O]ur hope is that this issue will be taken on at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
NuScale Going Public Via Investor-led Merger
A publicly-traded special purpose acquisition corporation is merging with NuScale Power, a developer of small modular reactors, in a move expected to turn NuScale, Portland, Ore., into a public company sometime in the first half of 2022. The acquirer is an Oregon-based… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
The story “NRC Approves Palisades, Big Rock Point Sales, Enviro’s Challenge Deep-Sixed,” Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, Dec. 15, 2021 (first published online Dec. 14, 2021), should have said that multiple hearing requests on the Palisades and Big Rock Point nuclear plants are still pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Budget & Policy
Correction
The story “Top EM Official Expects Hanford Tank-Side Cesium Removal Startup in January” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, Dec. 14, 2021] should have said the Tank-Side Cesium Removal project was built by subcontractor AVANtech and installed by contractor Washington… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]