Vol. 6, No. 60 Hanford Fiscal 2022 Budget Would Be Trimmed Under Biden Request
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Prime Will Stay on Job While DOE Procurement Moves Forward
The Amentum-BWX Technologies joint venture that runs the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico will be kept on at least until early 2022 as the agency moves ahead with its solicitation for a new prime, according to a nugget tucked inside… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Budget & Policy
Biden Admin Willing to “Walk the Walk” on Nuclear Energy, Granholm Says
The Joe Biden administration’s budget request proves they’re willing to help out the nuclear energy industry as part of its clean energy agenda, the Secretary of Energy said at a trade group conference Tuesday. “The administration isn’t just ready to talk… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SRNS Reaps Nearly $45M in Fee for 16 Months of Savannah River Ops
Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions took home $44.6 or 96% of nearly $46 million in available fee for its work as operator of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina for the 16-month period ended Nov. 30. That is according to the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy Should Scrap Nuclear SLCM, Acting Secretary Says
The Navy should scrap plans to develop a nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile, the service’s acting secretary wrote in a memo dated June 4. Media this week widely reported on the memo that Thomas Harker, the acting secretary of the Navy, sent to the undersecretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
GAO Says EM Liability Now Stands at $406B
The Department of Energy’s environmental liability, which stands at more than a half-trillion dollars, continues to grow and most of it is concentrated in the agency’s nuclear cleanup office, the Government Accountability Office said Tuesday in an update to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No Army Dept Permit Required for Holtec CISF, Corps of Engineers Says
A proposed consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel won’t need a special construction permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, the military civil works formation said in a recent letter. If Holtec International got the go-ahead from the Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
92 Workers to be Laid Off at Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant
The company in charge of decommissioning a New Jersey nuclear power plant will lay off just under a hundred of its employees later this summer, according to the state’s labor department. Holtec International subsidiary company Consolidated Decommissioning International… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Rear Adm. John Mitchell (ret), 79; Second Life in Civilian Nukes After Navy Career
Rear Adm. John Mitchell (ret), whose decade-plus, post-Navy career with Bechtel National took him on a tour of senior leadership posts at defense-nuclear sites and Yucca Mountain, died June 1. He was 79. That is according to a short memorial post online that indicated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]