Vol. 8, No. 42 Senate’s defense policy bill boosts nuke spending, funds sea-launched cruise missile warhead
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Budget & Policy
Nuclear detection, defense microreactor amendments make it into House NDAA
The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act is now in the hands of the full House of Representatives after a late-night vote by the Rules Committee slashed allowable amendments to 209 from a record 1,502. Approved at 11 p.m. Tuesday by a nine to four vote split on party lines, the bill ended up […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Incumbent Fluor-BWXT pockets 95% of its Portsmouth fee, 85% of subjective award
The Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor for the Portsmouth Site in Ohio took home about $15 million, or 95%, of its total potential fee for cleaning up after uranium enrichment for the six months ended March 28. The take includes about 85% of the contractor’s subjective fee: the portion of the earnings for which DOE […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SDU 8 operation approved by DOE at Savannah River Site
The Department of Energy greelit operation of Saltstone Disposal Unit No. 8 at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C., the agency said Tuesday. The DOE Office of Environmental Management said in a Tuesday news release that authorization has been granted for Saltstone Disposal Unit 8 (SDU 8). It is the latest of the supersized […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Negotiations continue between Feds, New Mexico on Los Alamos cleanup rules
New Mexico and the Department of Energy on Tuesday asked for 90 more days, until Oct. 10, to continue monthslong negotiations about new cleanup rules for the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a joint status report filed Tuesday with U.S. Magistrate Judge John Robbenhaar in New Mexico, DOE and the New Mexico Environment Department, said […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Ohio budget creates new state nuke agency to promote advanced reactors, waste handling
Ohio created a new state Nuclear Development Authority this month that aims to make the state a research and development hub for advanced reactors and radioactive-waste-handling equipment, among other things. The new nine-member agency, created by the legislature as part of a 2024 state budget bill approved July 3, includes three tiers of members appointed […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Tech services market research gets underway for Portsmouth, Paducah
The Department of Energy soon plans to be in the market for a provider of technical support services for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, business currently held by Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Pro2Serve, according to a notice issued Monday. The Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center in Cincinnati said Monday in an online notice it will soon […]