Vol. 9, No. 123 HMIS asserts impasse in labor talks; issues Jan. 2 deadline to union
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Budget & Policy
Biden signs ‘25 NDAA; Tinkers with NNSA authorizing law; allows some expedited weapons cleanup
President Joe Biden on Dec. 23 signed the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, setting spending limits for nuclear weapons and waste programs and changing parts of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s authorizing law. The Senate approved the bill… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE eyes final Moab tailings relocation work by 2029
The Department of Energy remains on pace for final cleanup of a uranium mill tailings project outside Moab, Utah by 2029, the department said in a Dec. 23 press release. On Dec. 19, DOE celebrated the removal of 15 million tons of radioactive material from the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]
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National Laboratories
Small fire from faulty LED light bulb self-extinguished at LANL plutonium facility
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium facility had a fire start from a lightbulb’s melted plastic dripping onto glovebox parts in November, a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board report said. The fire went out before staff could discover it, and was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
President Carter’s nuclear ties dated to Rickover
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, was engaged in nuclear power issues dating back to the 1950s when, as a young naval officer, he helped with cleanup of a partial meltdown at the Chalk River research reactor in Canada, according … SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning […]
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News & Analysis
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