Vol. 7, No. 31

Budget & Policy

Hanford funding increases for key construction in fiscal 2022 budget deal

The final fiscal 2022 compromise budget reached by Congress this week continues the era of flush funding for the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch, which swells to nearly $7.9 billion for the 12 months ending Sept. 30, up from $7.6 billion. Under… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
  • Budget & Policy

    NNSA budget up in omnibus; prohibitions against B83, sea-launched W80-4 gone

    After idling for half the 2022 fiscal year at last year’s budget level, the National Nuclear Security Administration would get some $26.65 billion to see it through Sept. 30, under an omnibus spending package awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature.  That’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC staff aiming to get final decom rule to commissioners by fall ‘23

    Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff working on a proposed decommissioning rules change are planning to have the final version of the updated regulations on the commissioners’ desks by next year, the project’s manager said at an annual agency conference Wednesday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Decommissioning

    Portsmouth X-326 coming down as DUF6 cranks up

    PHOENIX — Demolition of the X-326 Process Building could be completed this July at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio and around the time, depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion operations might resume at the former gaseous diffusion plant,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    N3B bosses talk DP Road cleanup, TRU Shipments at Los Alamos

    PHOENIX  — The president of the legacy cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico expects her team will soon close out work on  radioactive contamination found two years ago outside the fence along a public… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Removal of ‘scary’ asbestos-laden Biology Complex, clears way for Y-12 lithium project

    PHOENIX — After finishing major demolition and remediation last fall of the Y-12 National Security Complex’s Biology center or “mouse house,” the Department of Energy cleanup contractor is “very close” to turning the property back to Y-12 prime Consolidated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

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