Vol. 5, No. 15

Plutonium Pit Production

Savannah River Pit Plant Design to be Finished by June

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) management contractor for the Savannah River Site plans by June to finalize the design for a new plant capable of making 50 plutonium nuclear-warhead cores a year, the company’s president… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Decision on Next U.S. Uranium Enrichement Tech Pushed to End of 2020

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has delayed its choice about whether to use government or commercially developed uranium enrichment technology for defense needs by nearly a year, in part, because the federal option is not… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    NNSA Completes Transport of HEU From Canada to Savannah River Site

    A project to ship highly enriched uranium from a facility in Ontario, Canada, to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina wrapped up sometime last year, according to a Wednesday press release. It is unclear when the shipments… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Budget & Policy

    DOE Undersecretary Menezes to be Nominated for Deputy

    President Donald Trump on Thursday said he plans to nominate Undersecretary of Energy Mark Menezes to take over as deputy secretary for the Department of Energy. Menezes would succeed Dan Brouillette, who in December was confirmed and sworn in as secretary of energy. Menezes… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Lawmakers Say Navy Budget Requests Too Few Ships and Subs

    Lawmakers are strongly opposing the Navy’s plans to fund eight new ships in fiscal 2021, including only one Virginia-class submarine, a decrease from 12 in the current fiscal 2020. When the fiscal 21 budget request was first released on Monday, asking for eight… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

  • Decommissioning

    New York AG Petitions for Hearing in Indian Point License Transfer

    The New York state Attorney General’s Office and two other parties this week filed petitions for hearings with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the proposed license transfer and sale of the Indian Point Energy Center. Along with the Attorney General’s Office,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Groups Differ on DOE Proposal for Recycled Wastewater From SRS

    A nuclear watchdog and the Washington, D.C.-based Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) differ on a Department of Energy proposal to ship up to 10,000 gallons of recycled wastewater from the Savannah River Site to a commercial low-level radioactive waste facility somewhere… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    New Mexico House Mulls Measure Against Spent Fuel Storage

    The New Mexico House of Representatives is considering a measure that would express its opposition to plans for a facility in the state intended to temporarily store spent reactor fuel from nuclear power plants around the nation. The House Energy, Environment,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Santa Susana Activists to Hear from California EPA Chief

    California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Jared Blumenfeld is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion tonight in Simi Valley on remediation the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in Ventura County. The three parties responsible for cleanup of the former nuclear research and rocket testing site – Boeing, the Department of Energy, and NASA—initially signed agreements […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Publication Notice

    The Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not be published on Monday in observance of Presidents Day. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Tuesday, Feb. 18. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password Remember Me […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Correction

    An article in Tuesday’s Weapons Complex Morning Briefing incorrectly stated a federal jury’s finding in September 2019 regarding the reason why a former employee of Energy Department contractor Savannah River Remediation was not rehired. The jury awarded… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

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