Vol. 2, No. 58

Cleanup & Remediation

Parties Request Another Delay in Hanford Chemical Vapors Trial

Plaintiffs and defendants in the lawsuit over chemical vapors protection for workers at the Hanford Site in Washington state have asked for another delay in the trial as they try to reach a settlement agreement. The trial already has been postponed twice to allow the parties to pursue mediation. Now, the sides have asked U.S. […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Senate Hearings Slated for NRC Commissioners, NNSA Budget

    After a delay last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday is set to consider the Trump administration’s three nominees to fill expiring posts at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Then, on Wednesday afternoon, the Senate Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee will consider the Donald Trump administration’s fiscal 2018 budget request for […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Begins Reviewing Three Mile Island Waste Storage Extension Request

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday said it has begun the technical review of the Energy Department’s request for a 20-year extension of storage in Idaho of debris from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. DOE submitted the request by letter on March 6, after which the NRC carried out an acceptance review of the […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Hanford PFP Workers Offered Bioassays Following Take-Cover Event

    Workers who were ordered to take cover June 8 at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant are being offered bioassay testing for radioactive contamination. “We have seen no preliminary data to suggest potential exposures exceed levels requiring a bioassay,” according to a memo distributed Friday to employees working on the plant cleanup. But rather than […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    U.N. Resumes Ban Treaty Negotiations This Week

    The United Nations General Assembly is resuming this week negotiations on a legally binding global prohibition on nuclear weapons. The body released at the end of May its first draft of the ban treaty, which details prohibitions on the use, production, transfer, and testing of such weapons. Negotiations resume from June 15 to July 7, […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Correction

    An article in the June 8 edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, “Nevada Site Incumbent Files M&O Bid Protest,” incorrectly stated that the protesting company was the site incumbent. Nuclear Security & Technology LLC, while it contains some of the same partners, is different from incumbent National Security Technologies LLC. BWX Technologies is not a […]

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