Vol. 2, No. 19

Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Atkins-Led Team Takes Over DUF6 Jobs at Portsmouth, Paducah

The Atkins-led Mid-America Conversion Services joint venture has started work on an Energy Department contract to process depleted uranium hexafluoride left over from Cold War uranium enrichment in Ohio and Kentucky. In late September, DOE awarded Mid-America Conversion Services a five-year, $318 million depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) treatment contract, unseating incumbent BWXT Conversion Services. Fluor […]
  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    EnergySolutions’ Subpoena Vague, Unreasonable: NRC

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rejected EnergySolutions’ subpoena for information in a civil antitrust lawsuit, arguing that the request is burdensome, vague, and fails to follow agency guidelines. EnergySolutions’ filed the subpoena on Jan. 24, as it prepares to contest the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit challenging the company’s $367 million acquisition of Waste Control Specialists. DOJ argues that […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    GAO: NNSA Nonproliferation Program Needs Better R&D Project Tracking

    One of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nonproliferation technology development programs does not sufficiently track its project outcomes, the Government Accountability Office found in a newly released report. The NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (DNN) implements programs worldwide meant to eliminate and help prevent the spread of sensitive nuclear material. DNN features two programs […]

  • Vitrification & Grout

    SRS to Swap Out Waste Processing Facility Melter

    The liquid waste management contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site is preparing to replace a melter in the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), DOE said in a press release Friday. A Melter 2 heater stopped functioning on Feb. 1 and cannot be repaired, the release says. Savannah River Remediation is expected to need about […]

  • Defense & Military

    Goldfein Urges Trump To Boost Air Force Readiness

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein recently told President Donald Trump to boost the service’s readiness so it can perform all the critical missions it is tasked. Goldfein said Friday that he had five minutes to discuss the Air Force when the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which includes the Air Force’s top officer, […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Clarification

    Chris Kemp’s job title at the Energy Department is director of the environmental compliance division at the Office of River Protection’s technical and regulatory support office (“DOE’s Kemp Switches Jobs at Hanford,” Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, Vol. 2, No. 16).

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