Vol. 28, No. 22 SOC Wins Nevada Site Protective Force Services Contract
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
The NRC Didn’t Just Resume Yucca Mountain Licensing Process
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not resumed consideration of the Energy Department’s application to license Yucca Mountain as a permanent nuclear waste repository, despite media reports to the contrary sparked by a routine notice published in the federal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
McGinnis Appointed to No. 2 Spot at DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
Ed McGinnis was appointed deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy, a promotion for the long-time DOE civil servant who had been deputy assistant secretary for international nuclear energy policy and cooperation since 2007. In his new role, which did not require… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Armed Services Committees Split in Opposing White House Defense Spending Proposal
Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees responsible for annual defense authorization have voiced opposition to the White House’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal for differing reasons, raising questions about whether Congress will be able to agree… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Non-Proliferation
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Begins Plenary Meeting
The biannual plenary meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism is being convened this week in Tokyo, Japan, where partner nations will review progress and share recommendations on the group’s short-term activities. The Global Initiative to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Bechtel Gets Mostly Positive Notes on WTP in ’16 Fee Award
Bechtel National earned just over $7 million in fees for its work building the Waste Treatment Plant at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site near Richland Wash.: good for 71 percent of the total available for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2016. DOE grades Bechtel… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
SRS Waste Missions Continue Despite Halt on Liquid Waste Processing
A least one liquid waste-related operation is ongoing at the Savannah River Site, despite the temporary halting of liquid waste processing earlier this year. At a Savannah River Site (SRS) Citizens Advisory Board meeting last week, a DOE official said the site… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]