Vol. 8, No. 25

Transuranic Waste

WIPP utility shaft halfway sunk

Workers at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., are roughly halfway through sinking a new underground utility shaft, site managers said Thursday. Shaft-sinking crews recently surpassed the midway point at 1,076-feet deep,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Cortez Masto meets assurances about spent fuel cask safety with skepticism

    Nevada’s senior senator last week expressed skepticism about the safety of spent-nuclear-fuel casks, which the director of the Idaho National Laboratory touted during a hearing about nuclear energy and waste.  The Thursday hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Householder found guilty in bribery trial; Former Ohio lawmaker passed legislation to save struggling nuclear plants

    A federal jury convicted a former Ohio lawmaker and an accomplice Thursday for a massive bribery scheme intended to keep two struggling Ohio reactors financially afloat. Former House speaker Larry Householder, 63, and former Ohio Republican Party chairman Mathew… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • National Laboratories

    Settlement talks grinding on in Oak Ridge Lab vax case, court says

    Employees of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory who sued over the lab contractor’s COVID-19 vaccination policy have “narrowed the issues” to be addressed in ongoing settlement talks, according to a recent court filing. Attorneys for the management contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: 13: Meeting: The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board hold a regular meeting starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time at the HUB for Community Innovation 631 Chafee Avenue | Augusta, Ga.  The meeting can be watched via […]

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