Vol. 7, No. 16 STRATCOM commander satisfied with U.S. nuclear posture amid Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Contracts & Procurement
New and Old Hanford Contractors Receive Mostly Good Marks for Work in Fiscal 2021
The Department of Energy Monday released fee scorecards for four contractors in charge of major reclamation, tank waste management, laboratory operation and site services at the sprawling Hanford Site in Washington state. In its first eight months on the job, Amentum-led… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Energy Northwest said good planning prevented worse dosing at Columbia; NRC says luck
Did luck keep a Columbia Generating Station radiation-exposure incident in May from being worse than it was? Or did good planning play a key role? Those questions face Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials as they decide how much Energy Northwest should be… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Reported Gunshots at Hanford ‘Likely’ Work Activities, DOE Says
Hanford returned to business as usual by 3 p.m. Pacific time Tuesday after an apparent false alarm over reports of shots being fired. “We have found no evidence to suggest there was an active shooter,” the Benton County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Watts Bar 2, one of two tritium producers, starts outage to replace steam generators
One of the Tennessee Valley Authority reactors that produces tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons on Tuesday switched off for the scheduled replacement of all four of its steam generators, the federally owned corporation said Wednesday. Besides replacing the steam… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Revenue Down in 2021 for Entergy Nuclear Business After Indian Point Closure
Nuclear segment revenue at Entergy, New Orleans, was down over $200 million in 2021, mainly due to a New York nuclear reactor shutting down last spring, the company said in recently-published financial documents. For the year ended Dec. 31, Entergy Wholesale Commodities,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]