Vol. 10, No. 30 Three-judge NRC panel denies latest Palisades challenge
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA and National Academies roll out study on enviro effects of nuclear war
In a study on the environmental effects of nuclear war, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine said to focus less on extreme cases and more on the “realm of possible outcomes,” the organization said in a public panel announcing the study. The nonprofit, in tandem with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), released […]
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International
Sizewell C picks construction companies for its nuclear project
Sizewell C has selected three construction companies to build a new nuclear plant in Suffolk, England. Sizewell C has signed a Program Alliance Agreement with construction companies Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Bouygues Travaux Publics to form the Civil Works Alliance, according to its Monday press release. Within the Civil Works Alliance with Sizewell C, […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE makes headway on emptying SRS tanks
The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina said June 17 it has removed waste from two more radioactive waste tanks at the 310-square-mile facility near the Georgia state line. Tanks 11 and 15 are the fourth and fifth waste tanks in 12 months to meet the “preliminary cease waste removal” designation, DOE’s […]
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Budget & Policy
North Carolina Republican Tillis won’t seek another Senate term
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, will not seek re-election, he said over the weekend after opposing President Donald Trump’s signature reconciliation bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” While Tillis liked tax credits and other elements of the legislation, “I did my homework on behalf of North Carolinians, and […]
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Transuranic Waste
Revised figures: WIPP received 53 TRU waste shipments in May
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico received 53 defense-related transuranic waste shipments in May, based on revised figures. DOE revised the figures on its public website for WIPP around June 27 after learning the website initially failed to update and record the 24 shipments that took place between May […]
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Budget & Policy
Publications Notice
Access Intelligence and Exchange Monitor staff will be off on July 3 and 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. As a result, we will not be publishing Weapons Complex Morning Briefing on Wednesday July 2 and Thursday July 3. The Morning Briefing will resume its normal publication schedule starting Monday July 7. Exchange […]