Vol. 3, No. 28 ‘W76 Mod 2’ Would Be NNSA’s New Low-Yield Sub-Launched Warhead
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Plutonium Pit Production
LANL Weapons Chief Lobbies for Plutonium Pit Mission
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has the technical and safety chops both to manufacture plutonium pits and to lead new research on the nuclear-weapon cores, the head of the lab’s weapons program said Wednesday amid an intensifying turf war over the Department of Energy’s plutonium mission. “Something that I’ve heard a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Fluor CEO Eyes Business at Hanford, Other DOE Sites
Fluor is looking for additional business opportunities within the Energy Department’s Cold War cleanup complex, Chairman and CEO David Seaton said Tuesday. “We are looking at the Hanford liquid waste contract that is coming up for rebid this year,” Seaton said during a regular quarterly earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts. He did not […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
MOU Coming in Vermont Yankee Sale Review Talks, Parties Say
Parties to a state regulatory review of the planned sale of the retired Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant said Wednesday they anticipate within two weeks reaching agreement on remaining points of contention. “The Parties anticipate that a Memorandum of Understanding will be filed with the Commission by March 2, 2018, that addresses financial assurances and […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New York, DOE to Prepare West Valley Supplemental Environmental Report
The U.S. Department of Energy and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) are accepting public comments through April 23 on environmental implications of the next phase of cleanup planned for the West Valley Demonstration Project (NVDP) in Ashford, N.Y. The state and federal agencies issued a notice of intent Wednesday in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Orano Lands Used Fuel Management Contract
Orano TN, the nuclear logistics subsidiary of the company formerly known as AREVA, said Wednesday it had secured a contract worth tens of millions of dollars for used nuclear fuel dry storage operations with a U.S. utility. An Orano press release did not identify the customer, which requested confidentiality. The company also did not release […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Huntington Ingalls Makes Management Appointments
Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries said Wednesday that Michael Smith will become president of subsidiary Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) effective immediately. Smith has been Huntington Ingalls’ executive vice president for strategy and development. In his new post, Smith will report to Michael Lempke, president of Huntington Ingalls’ nuclear and environmental group. As president of SN3, […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Colorado Bill Would Require Rules for Radioactive Materials Disposal
A Colorado lawmaker has introduced legislation that would mandate state adoption of rules for disposal of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM). The state Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has been seeking a sponsor for legislation that would relieve the prohibition in Colorado’s 1963 Radiation Control […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
An article in Wednesday’s edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing incorrectly reported funding for headquarters operations for the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management would be reduced under the 2019 budget request. The line item cited in the article represents a limited set of activities within the office, including mission support. The Office of […]