Vol. 6, No. 17 Biden Picks Turk for No. 2 Slot at DOE
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Biden’s OMB Director Designate Says No Funding for Yucca Mountain
The Nevada Senate got another would-be Biden administration official to pledge no funding for Yucca Mountain on Wednesday during the confirmation hearing for Neera Tanden to be the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Tanden, former president of the Center for American Progress, told Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) during the hearing […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
NEI Again Asks Judge to Reverse NRC Interpretation of Very Low-Level Waste Guidelines
The trade group for the nuclear industry doubled down on a legal argument that the Nuclear Regulatory’s Commission’s 2019 interpretation of very low-level waste disposal guidelines illegally burdened licensees and should be reversed, according to a recent filing with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Moreover, NRC’s 2019 interpretation is not merely repetition of established […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Amentum, Apex, Leidos Create Joint Venture To Compete For ICBM Support
Amentum, Apex Systems and Leidos on Wednesday said they have formed Integrated ICBM Support Services, LLC, a joint venture aimed at capturing the Air Force’s next support contract for its current and future ICBM force. BAE Systems currently supports the ICBM Integration Support Contract (ISC), which is managed by the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former GOP Cabinet Icon Shultz Served as Bechtel President
In addition to serving in key leadership posts for Republican presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, who died over the weekend at age 100, was also a top Bechtel executive in the 1970s and 1980s. Shultz first joined Bechtel in 1974 as executive vice president and “already had more experience and accomplishments […]