Vol. 4, No. 100

Budget & Policy

DNFSB Chair Won’t Endorse Legal Opinion Endorsing Board Oversight of DOE Workers

Three of four members of the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) concurred with a recently published in-house legal opinion that the small, independent federal nuclear watchdog has the right to make safety recommendations for Department of Energy workers.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Contractor Working to Curb Underground Air Emissions

    The Energy Department’s Carlsbad Field Office has approved a plan by contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP) to gradually improve underground air quality at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. The contractor must take small steps because it won’t… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE Silent On Barrasso Demand for Details on Centrus Contract

    As of early this week, the Department of Energy had yet to reply to an angry letter from Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) demanding details about the agency’s plan to help Centrus Energy Corp. build a new uranium enrichment cascade in Ohio. A Senate aide said Monday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    Energy Dept. Announces $60 Million More for Isotope Production

    The Department of Energy on Wednesday announced plans to provide another $60 million in funding for domestic programs to produce the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). The department’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) intends… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Decommissioning

    Entergy Aims to Pick New Owner for Indian Point Plant This Year

    Entergy expects this year to select a company that will take ownership of its Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York for decommissioning, Chairman and CEO Leo Denault said Wednesday during an earnings teleconference with financial analysts. Denault did not… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Budget & Policy

    First Members Announced for Energy Secretary Advisory Board

    Current and former executives with connections to the nuclear industry are among the eight members announced Wednesday to the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). Former EnergySolutions Chairman and CEO David Lockwood and Edison International President… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • International

    ‘Hard Brexit’ Would Change Requirements for Rad-Waste Shipments in U.K.

    The looming potential for the United Kingdom’s “hard exit” from the European Union could impact procedures for shipping nuclear waste and spent reactor fuel to and from the nation, the U.K. Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

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