Vol. 5, No. 15

Cleanup & Remediation

Federal-State Talks on Hanford Stuck in Neutral

Wide-ranging talks between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Washington state Department of Ecology on radioactive waste issues at the Hanford Site have apparently not progressed beyond the starting line. “The parties are still working through some preliminary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
  • National Laboratories

    Ex-LANL Physicist Takes Plea Deal in Chinese Recruitment Case

    A former physicist at the U.S. Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory on Friday pleaded guilty to one count of lying to federal authorities about his alleged connection to a Chinese government-sponsored talent recruiting program. Turab Lookman,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Los Alamos Cleanup Vendor Wins 84% of Fee in Second Scorecard

    Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B), the vendor in charge of legacy environmental remediation operations at the U.S. Energy Department’s Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory in New Mexico, won 84% of its potential fee for work done during fiscal 2019. Altogether,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    South Carolina Given More Time to Submit Data to NRC on Westinghouse Plant Licensing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is giving the state of South Carolina more time to submit new data and input on the license renewal of Westinghouse Electric’s Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility. The formal 30-day comment period on the federal agency’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Canada Further Slims Potential Spent-Fuel Disposal Locations

    The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) in Canada said Friday that just two communities in Ontario remain in contention to host an underground disposal facility for spent fuel from the nation’s nuclear power plants. The locations are the township of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Norfolk Shipyard Begins $200M Dry Dock Renovation

    Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) held a groundbreaking on Jan. 23 to renovate Dry Dock 4. The U.S. Navy said the renovation effort will cost $200 million and take almost three years. This makes it the largest NNSY initiative under the larger $21 billion 20-year Shipyard… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]

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