Vol. 6, No. 11 Nuclear Fuel Services Gets $57M NNSA Contract to Prep for Weapons Uranium Work in Tennessee
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National Laboratories
Budil Officially Taking Over as Livermore Director
Kim Budil was set to take over as the 13th director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California on Tuesday. The younger of the two nuclear weapons design laboratories announced the change at top in late January. Budil replaces William Goldstein, who was to retire after six years as director and 36 years at […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Moab Hauled More Tailings During Pandemic, Data Indicates
After the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. in 2020, Department of Energy contractor North Wind Portage actually hauled more contaminated material away from an old uranium ore processing site outside Moab, Utah, than it did during a corresponding period in 2019. That is according to data posted online by the DOE Office of Environmental Management […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Contractor Tests for Potential Leaks at SDU 7 at Savannah River
The Department of Energy plans this week to test Saltwaste Disposal Unit 7, a key part of the Savannah River Site’s liquid waste cleanup effort, for leaks, the agency said Monday. Amentum-led contractor Savannah River Remediation is conducting what DOE described in a press release as a liquid tightness test, which involves pumping 33 million […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Resumes Force-on-Force Inspections at Nuke Plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission resumed anti-terrorism exercises at nuclear power plants with additional COVID-19 guidelines in February, the agency said. Force-on-force inspections started up again last month, NRC spokesperson David McIntyre told Weapons Complex Morning Briefing in an email Monday. The agency had previously said in a February webinar with industry that exercises would resume […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Veolia Still Angling to Buy Suez Group; Reports 2020 Earnings
French waste and water management corporation Veolia suffered a setback last week in its attempt to take over the Suez Group, another French conglomerate in the same business. In dueling press releases last Thursday and Friday, neither multinational corporation mentioned the effects of this takeover attempt will have on either’s North American operations, which make […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Mexico Environmental Official Retiring
The New Mexico Environment Department’s deputy cabinet secretary, Jennifer Pruett, is retiring in May after a 37-year career that included 20 years with the state agency. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) said in a Monday press release it is actively working to fill the post by April. The deputy secretary is appointed by Gov. […]
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Budget & Policy
CORRECTION
The story “NNSA Contract Award to Nuclear Fuel Services Imminent, City of Oak Ridge Says” (Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, March 1, 2021) should have said that Building 9212 at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., will handle highly enriched uranium conversion and purification work until 2023, after which purification work at Y-12 […]