Vol. 8, No. 64

Stockpile Stewardship

NNSA plans two subcritical explosive tests at Nevada in fiscal 2024

The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to perform two subcritical explosive experiments at the Nevada National Security Site in the fiscal year that ends Oct. 1, 2024, according to Deputy Administrator for Defense Nonproliferation Corey Hinderstein. Since the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CBTB) took effect in 1992, NNSA has performed 33 subcritical experiments at the […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Portsmouth union rep warns of staffing crunch; says no labor deal yet ahead of DOE award

    United Steelworkers Local 1-689 President Herman Potter fears the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio could have a tough time filling vacancies in the near future due to a combination of factors. With the existing workforce at or approaching retirement age, looming brownfield projects driving a need to hire fresh hands and an impending […]

  • Decommissioning

    Antis tell Michigan lawmakers not to fund Palisades restart

    Antinuclear activists on Wednesday sent a letter to the Michigan legislature urging state lawmakers not to approve a $300 million grant to help Holtec International restart the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station. In a letter dated Wednesday and mailed to all 148 michigan lawmakers — 110 representatives and 38 senators — 79 people and 43 organizations […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Hawley seeks oversight hearing on Granholm financial holdings

    Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wants an oversight hearing on “misleading” statements Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm made to the panel in April about her stock ownership. “During the hearing, Secretary Granholm claimed she did not own any personal financial stocks, when in fact, she held […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    NuScale stock craters

    Publicly traded stock of advanced nuclear reactor developer NuScale, which is majority-owned by Fluor Corp., hit an all-time low this week. The company’s stock, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, plunged to $6.42 a share on Tuesday, down by about 40% compared with the Oregon-based company’s first day of trading on May 2 […]

  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Correction

    The story “Los Alamos wants to speed glovebox buying, widen supplier base” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, June 28, 2023] should have said NNSA plans to hire Merrick Strategic Management Solutions, with an anticipated contract award date of August 28.

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