Vol. 8, No. 58

Vitrification & Grout

DOE resumes long-delayed heatup of melter at Hanford vit plant

The Department of Energy resumed heating the first melter at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a process on hold since fall, the agency said Monday. Resumption of the heatup was signaled last month by the acting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
  • Decommissioning

    Comments due in August for NRC guidance on equipment replacements with trust fund dollars

    Anyone who wants to argue that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should unconditionally allow power plants to use their decommissioning funds to replace major equipment has until August to refute the agency’s new draft guidance that says otherwise. “The disposal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Reactor supply okay ahead of Navy’s historic boat-building boom, admiral says 

    There should be no shortage of naval nuclear reactors when the U.S. shipbuilding industry begins churning out historic numbers of submarines before the end of the decade, the Navy’s senior submarine procurement official said Monday. Rear Adm. Scott Pappano, the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Acting boss Ike White hits work anniversary at EM

    Effective this month, William (Ike) White has been the acting chief of the Department of Energy’s multibillion-dollar nuclear cleanup branch for four years, placing him among the longest-serving leaders of the office. In mid-June 2019, White became a senior adviser… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Excessive heat warnings in place around WCS, WIPP

    Workers at a commercially-owned waste disposal facility in West Texas and the Department of Energy’s disposal site for defense-related transuranic waste near Carlsbad, N.M., should be mindful of dangerous heat wave warnings issued by the National Weather Service… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    New CFO at EnergySolutions

    Steven Birchfield will replace Greg Wood as the chief financial officer of EnergySolutions in June, the Salt Lake City-based radioactive waste disposal company announced Monday. Wood was to retire in June, EnergySolutions wrote in a press release announcing the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Correction

    The story “With Los Alamos contract extension, N3B management team overhauled, Lebak returns to HII” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, June 21, 2023] should have said Jerry O’Leary’s new role as senior technical adviser planning Technical Area-21 cleanup… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

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