Vol. 6, No. 69 Granholm Faces Senate Energy & Nat Resources Panel on 2022 Budget Request
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
On Climate Goals and Advanced Nuclear Regs, Granholm, Hanson Ask for Industry Cooperation
Two of the government’s top decision makers on nuclear energy again asked the nuclear energy industry for its help to get their goals for nuclear power across the finish line at a trade conference Monday. The Joe Biden administration “can launch more nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
NRC Approves Increase for Centrus Enrichment Limit in Ohio; HALEU Production Demo Coming Next Year
Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., said Monday it is now licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enrich uranium to about 20% U-235 by weight in Piketon, Ohio — and that company plans a demonstration by early next year. Centrus is under contract to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Transuranic Waste
North Wind Receives 3-Month Extension on Carlsbad Tech Support
With no new contract awarded yet, the Department of Energy will keep North Wind Portage on at least through August as its technical assistance provider at the Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico, an agency spokesperson said Monday. The $51.8-million small business… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Receives 70 TRU Shipments During First Five Months of 2021
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 20 shipments during May, equal to the throughput of May 2020, when operations scaled back due to COVID-19, and about half of the 42 logged during the pre-virus days of May 2019. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
GBSD Armored Against Treaty, Posture Changes, AF Officers Say
The Air Force’s top nuclear procurement officer on Monday positioned the service’s effort to build its next nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile as a way to shore up the nuclear-industrial base for decades and create a weapon that arms control… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
‘No Evidence’ Agency Data Solen in Hack of NNSA Subcontractor, DOE Says
As far as the Department of Energy could tell at deadline, the hack of a small, veteran-owned consulting business in Albuquerque, N.M., did not compromise any National Nuclear Security Administration data. “The Department of Energy is aware of the cyberattack… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]