Vol. 8, No. 4 Carlsbad mayor hopes WIPP stays open a long time
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Decommissioning
PG&E reports reactor coolant leak at recently-saved Diablo Canyon plant
The operator of California’s last nuclear power plant, which just got a new lease on life, said that the facility’s system for managing reactor coolant pressure was leaking, according to a recent letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. During an October… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford DNFSB finds workers reluctant to discuss safety incident at Hanford tank area
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board inspectors at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington spotted a questionable safety practice, and a reluctance to talk about it, at one of the tank farms last month, according to a recent report. “A resident… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA fudged dates on correspondence, played loose with safety rules, defense board says
The National Nuclear Security Administration backdated letters to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and claimed its own safety rules actually permitted safety deficiencies the rules were supposed to prevent, the board said. In a letter late last year… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
This week
Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 11: Meeting: The National Academies’ Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board holds a virtual meeting starting at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on its review… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]