Vol. 8, No. 66

Cleanup & Remediation

After some upkeep, IWTU back operating this week

After being down for a while last week for upkeep on a major component, a $1.4-billion facility to treat sodium-bearing waste at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory is back in operation, an agency spokesperson said by email Monday. The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) “continues to process 100% rad waste,” the DOE spokesperson […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Fleischmann, DOE, NNSA officials kick off Radwaste 2.0

    SUMMERLIN, NEV — Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) who chairs the House Appropriations Committee’s Energy and Water subcommittee, will join speakers from industry and the Department of Energy in kicking off Exchange Monitor’s retooled Radwaste Summit 2.0. Fleischmann, who will speak remotely from Washington, D.C., will headline a roundtable discussion of the future of collaboration on […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NDAA back on track after deficit deal, markups next week

    With a deficit deal in place, the House and Senate now plan to write the annual bill authorizing budgets for Department of Energy defense-nuclear programs by June 23. Disrupted by negotiations over spending levels and U.S. borrowing authority, markups of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are now set to resume next week, according to […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE drops draft solicitations for big HALEU contracts

    The Department of Energy on Monday released a draft solicitation for a contract under which it could acquire up to 145 metric tons of high assay low-enriched uranium to help develop new nuclear reactor designs. Also on Monday, the agency released a draft solicitation for converting the energy-dense uranium into reactor fuel. DOE did not […]

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