Vol. 1, No. 65 Construction Complete on Salt Waste Processing Facility at SRS, DOE Says
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Plutonium Pit Production
S.C. Gov. Not Pleased by Plutonium Shipment to Savannah River
The Savannah River Site’s receipt of Japanese plutonium did not come without criticism from South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is already fighting a legal battle with the Department of Energy over plutonium stored at SRS near Aiken, S.C. Following a Monday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
GOP Senator Rejects Trump’s Readiness to Command Nuke Arsenal
Republican Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) on Tuesday dismissed GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s readiness to command the U.S. nuclear arsenal in pulling his support for the billionaire businessman. “It is absolutely essential that we are guided… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Corps Says It Wouldn’t Clean Up West Lake Any Faster Than EPA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it could not clean up Missouri’s West Lake Landfill Superfund site any faster than the Environmental Protection Agency, which state lawmakers have been trying to take off the job. That’s one of the takeaways from a June… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Non-Proliferation
SRS Citizens Advisory Board Unveils Draft Doc Opposing German HEU Shipment to U.S.
The Savannah River Site (SRS) Citizens Advisory Board’s Nuclear Materials Committee unveiled Tuesday a resolution opposing the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to receive U.S.-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Germany for processing and disposition… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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International
Chernobyl Free of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Units 1-3 are now completely free of spent nuclear fuel, State Specialized Enterprise ChNPP announced Monday after unloading the Central Hall 1 cooling pool and moving the spent fuel into wet storage. Chernobyl, which experienced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Proposes Amended Rule for Beryllium Exposure Program
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday issued a proposal to amend regulations for its Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program, which covers DOE and contractor employees who have been exposed to beryllium while working at DOE sites. Beryllium metal is used… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Seabrook Nuclear Plant Degraded But Operable: NRC
The Seabrook Station nuclear power plant in New Hampshire is “degraded but operable,” the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week in response to Massachusetts lawmakers’ calls to close the 26-year-old facility. State Sens. Daniel Wolf (D) and Kathleen… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
SRR Plugging Leaks on Salt Tank, Evaporator Pot
One leak-plugging effort is underway at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS), and another did not quite work out as planned, the agency’s prime liquid waste cleanup contractor at the facility near Aiken, S.C., told a DOE-chartered citizens… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NSTec President Joins Economic Development Group Board
The president of the company that operates the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nevada National Security Site has joined the Board of Directors of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA), an economic development group covering southern Nevada. Jim… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]