Vol. 10, No. 132 Marzano sworn in as 5th commissioner at NRC, where most members now are Dem appointees
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Cleanup & Remediation
Union guards to vote Thursday on agreement that could end Hanford lockout
Unionized guards at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state were preparing to vote Thursday on a proposed new contract with the Leidos-led landlord contractor. After talks continued this week between Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) and Hanford Guards Union (HGU) Local 21, “We are pleased to share that we have a […]
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Defense & Military
DesJarlais gets strategic forces chair in House Armed Services
A Tennessee congressman will lead the subcommittee with oversight of U.S. nuclear forces in the 119th Congress, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said on Tuesday. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) chair of the House Armed Services Committee in the new Congress, announced the new appointments in a press release. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Arkansas city says no thanks to interim storage; resident says Yucca Mountain is ‘wasteland’
Officials in Fort Smith, Arkansas on Tuesday unanimously opposed construction of an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel anywhere near the city. The seven members of the board all voted in favor of a resolution that the city “opposes the establishment of a facility for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel materials within […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth cleanup staff cautiously returns to work
After getting a couple of snow days, employees for Fluor-BWXT, the Department of Energy cleanup contractor at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, were urged to be cautious in returning to work Wednesday, according to a Facebook post. In the Tuesday post, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth said the DOE site was providing help to move employees from the […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Bill in Texas legislature could lower low-level disposal costs for some shippers
A Texas senator this week introduced a bill that could lower costs for certain out-of-state users of the Lone Star’s sole disposal site for low-level radioactive waste. The bill by Texas Sen. Kevin Sparks (R-Texas 31), an oil and gas businessman representing the Midland, Texas, area, would lower to 15% from 20% a disposal surcharge […]
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News & Analysis
CORRECTION
The story “Va. Gov. makes appointment to low-level waste commission” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, Jan. 06, 2025] should have said that the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact allows member states to ship waste to disposal sites in Texas and Utah, and that the compact’s member-states are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia.