Vol. 7, No. 28 Compromise 2022 budget bill would raise defense nuclear budgets; Biden says he’ll sign
-
Cleanup & Remediation
Environmental Management releases its vision of next 10 years
Over the next 10 years, the Department of Energy’s $7.6-billion Office of Environmental Management hopes to realize several of its long-desired objectives around the nuclear weapons cleanup complex. According to its Strategic Vision 2022-2032, published Tuesday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
-
High-Level & Tank Waste
Fix on the way for IWTU, shutdown since late February; SWPF still cranking
The Department of Energy was eyeing an “easy fix” for the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit in Idaho, knocked offline Feb. 26 during the final demo run preceding treatment of nearly 1 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste, an agency official said here Tuesday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
-
Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA can’t spend its way to plutonium pit goal, STRATCOM commander tells senators
There is not enough money in the world for the National Nuclear Security Administration to spend its way to making 80 plutonium pits a year by 2030, the general who commands U.S. nuclear forces told Congress Tuesday morning. “[W]e now know that we will not get… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]
-
Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE still developing interim storage funding opportunity, acting spent fuel chief says
PHOENIX — The Department of Energy planned to give some cash to communities interested in hosting a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel but the agency’s spent fuel czar declined to provide details during a panel discussion here Tuesday. DOE’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
-
Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC must stay independent of advanced nukes hype, chair Hanson says at regs conference
Autonomy is one of the nuclear regulator’s most important assets, especially where developing nuclear technology is concerned, the chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday at a virtual annual conference. “In the past few years, as climate change… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
-
Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Commissioner Wright again defends decommissioning rule in regs conference speech
One of the three serving commissioners at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission went to bat for the agency’s proposed decommissioning rules change Tuesday at an annual regulatory conference. Commissioner David Wright, who in November voted alongside NRC Chairman… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
-
Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Group in Holtec site host county rooting for demise of anti-interim storage bill in Congress
PHOENIX — An executive with an energy coalition representing the host community of a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico asked attendees at an industry conference Tuesday to help ensure that a bill introduced in Congress last week, aimed at blocking the site, dies. “I implore any of you that […]
-
Contracts & Procurement
Portsmouth, Paducah final RFPs possible in May; No promises about future in-person site tours
PHOENIX — The final solicitations could be out in May for multi-billion-dollar contracts at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio and the Paducah Site in Kentucky, an agency procurement manager said here Tuesday. Aaron Deckard, procurement director… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
-
Contracts & Procurement
North Wind issued transition notice for new Moab contract
Idaho-based North Wind Portage has received the green light from the Department of Energy to commence transition to its new Moab Remedial Action Contract, potentially worth $614 million over 10 years for cleanup of uranium mill tailings in Utah. “The transition… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]