Vol. 7, No. 25

Plutonium Pit Production

NNSA approaching final environmental hurdles for surplus plutonium; plans public hearings after holidays

Inching forward with plans to dispose of surplus plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans public hearings after New Year’s on its just-released draft environmental review of the project, the agency said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Stranded drone not considered big deal for Idaho calcine removal project, feds say

    Although a drone used to probe the innards of a highly-radioactive calcine storage facility at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory got stuck inside last month, it poses no threat to successful removal of the calcine, federal officials said recently. “On… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Four Rivers makes headway on legacy Freon removal at Paducah

    The Department of Energy last week issued a task order for Jacobs-led Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership to continue with shipment and destruction of legacy R-114 refrigerant, better known under the brand name Freon, from the Paducah Site in Kentucky. Four Rivers,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • International

    U.S., Kenya, have MOU on civil nuclear cooperation

    The U.S. and Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding about civilian nuclear cooperation, the U.S. State Department announced late last week. The two countries now have what is formally known as a “Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Strategic Civil Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

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