Vol. 7, No. 13

Budget & Policy

Biden admin sends NE-1 nom Huff to Senate

The White House on Monday officially nominated Kathryn Huff to lead the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, sending her nomination to the Senate about a month after announcing its intention to do so. Next up for Huff, who the Joe Biden administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
  • Contracts & Procurement

    Four Rivers Labeled ‘Satisfactory’ Overall in Fee Scorecard

    Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, the Department of Energy contractor in charge of remediation at the Paducah Site in Kentucky, was deemed mostly “satisfactory” during fiscal 2021 and earned roughly half of its potential “adjective” fee, according to a recently-released… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Even With Sidelined DUF6 Plants, Mid-America Conversion Claims Most of Fee

    With the Department of Energy’s depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion plants offline during fiscal 2021, Atkins-led Mid-America Conversion Services won 70% of its subjective fee and 95% of its performance-based incentive fee, according to a scorecard published… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    Leonardo AW139 will replace NNSA’s air sipping helicopters

    By Dan Parsons Around 2024, the National Nuclear Security Administration expects to take delivery of a pair of new AW139 helicopters, joining the Air Force in swapping a rotary fleet of Bell birds for Leonardo aircraft. The two Leonardo helicopters for the civilian… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Decommissioning

    DOE to Begin Issuing Nuke Plant Credits This Summer, Agency Says

    The Department of Energy could begin doling out the first installments of credits for financially-troubled nuclear power plants this summer, the agency’s nuclear fuel cycle chief said Monday. Mid-June “is the best estimate we can offer” on when DOE’s initial… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Decommissioning

    Public Comment for Proposed Decom Rule This Week; Another LLRW Tracking Exemption

    A proposed change to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s nuclear decommissioning rulemaking, which includes updates to tracking requirements for low-level nuclear waste shipments, is scheduled to go live for public comment this week, an agency spokesperson said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

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