Vol. 7, No. 63

Budget & Policy

No big DOE nuclear amendments allowed in 2023 spending bill as debate begins in full House

With no major defense-nuclear amendments allowed on the floor, the full House appeared poised this week to approve fiscal year 2023 spending bills for Department of Energy nuclear weapons and waste programs that would meet the White House’s request. The full House of Representatives, where Democrats have a slim majority, started debate Tuesday on a […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Duling to resign as president of BWXT’s biggest business line

    Joel Duling will resign as president of BWT Technology’s mainstay Nuclear Operations Group effective July 29, the company wrote in a regulatory filing dated Monday. Duling informed the company of his decision on July 12, according to the 8-K filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.  “Joel Duling is retiring from BWXT to pursue other […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    CEO Tindal retiring from Pantex, Y-12 prime

    Bill Tindal retired as chief executive officer of Consolidated Nuclear Security, the Bechtel National-led management contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s two main nuclear-weapons production sites, a company spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. “We shared with employees yesterday that Bill has retired,” the spokesperson said. Gene Sievers, site manager for Y-12 National Security Complex, is now […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Senate EPW postpones vote on Caputo, Crowell NRC noms

    A Senate committee had to delay its plan to vote this week on the White House’s picks to fill two open seats on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the panel announced Tuesday. Although the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was scheduled Wednesday to consider Annie Caputo and Bradley Crowell for roles as two of NRC’s […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP has big month during June, receiving 30 shipments

    The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 30 shipments of transuranic waste during June, making it one of the busiest disposal months since the COVID-19 pandemic reduced in-person operations at DOE nuclear sites in March 2020. Of the 30 shipments last month recorded on a Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Masks come off again at Los Alamos; but wear mask to SRS board next week

    The Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has lifted the indoor mask order it reinstituted earlier this month, a DOE spokesperson said Tuesday. That is thanks to the fact the COVID-19 community rate for Los Alamos County returned to “medium” on Friday July 15, after being “high” days earlier, the DOE […]

  • Decommissioning

    United Kingdom looking to consent-based siting for underground waste

    Like the U.S. Department of Energy, the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is in the market for local communities open to hosting an underground disposal facility for radioactive waste. “Our mission goes beyond existing sites,” David Peattie, CEO of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said in a recent annual report for 2021-2022. The NDA is […]

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