Vol. 11, No. 24 NRC issues construction permit for TerraPower’s Wyoming reactor
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Weaver’s NRC renomination advances out of Senate EPW
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 15 – 4 Wednesday morning in favor of the renomination of Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Doug Weaver. Weaver, who was confirmed by the Senate in December, was renominated by President Donald Trump on… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
USAF and Northrop Grumman break ground on Sentinel prototype silo
The Air Force broke ground Feb. 13 on a prototype silo for the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel future intercontinental ballistic missile at the company’s Promontory, Utah, site, officials said at the Air & Space Forces Association’s warfare symposium. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Two re-entry vehicles featured in latest Minuteman III test, AFGSC says
The latest Air Force Minuteman III test on Tuesday featured multiple unarmed re-entry vehicles,according to the Air Force Global Strike Command said Wednesday. Air Force Global Strike Command’s (AFGSC) launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Energy advances DOE, BLM nominees
The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee voted largely along party lines Wednesday morning to advance President Donald Trump’s nominees for under-secretary of energy as well as director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE NE awards nearly $53 million in research funding
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy said Tuesday it selected 46 domestic nuclear energy-related research projects to share a total of $52.8 million. The Office of Nuclear Energy said in its press release the awards support technology development and early career faculty research activities that contribute to President Donald Trump administration’s nuclear power […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Kiewit Nuclear taps Leita as vice president of markets, strategy
Kansas-based Kiewit Nuclear Solutions has picked Jeff Leita, formerly of Amentum, as vice president of markets and strategy for its Department of Energy management and operations business line, Kiewit said in a news release this week. Leita has much experience… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Incumbent Cornyn heads to runoff; Talarico wins Texas Dem primary
Texas, home to commercial and government nuclear facilities, must wait until May to learn what Republican will square off against upstart Democrat James Talarico in November’s U.S. Senate election. Longtime GOP incumbent Sen. John Cornyn appears to have edged… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
EnergySec Wright heads to Indian Point in NY
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will hold a press conference at Holtec International’s shuttered Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y. on Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. While the Department of Energy’s Wednesday media advisory did not provide the specifics… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]