Vol. 6, No. 41

Vitrification & Grout

Bechtel Took Home 70% of Vitrification Plant Fee in 2020

Bechtel National earned 70%, or $5.54 million out of a potential $7.88 million, for its work on the Waste Treatment Plant at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state in 2020. That is according to a fee scorecard released this week by the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management for the 2020 calendar year.  […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NM Rad Waste Task Force Bill Passes House Committee; Full House Up Next

    New Mexico is one step closer to getting the inside baseball on proposed spent fuel repositories after a bill that would expand the mandate of a radioactive waste task force won approval in the state House’s environmental committee this week. Senate Bill (SB) 82, proposed by state Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D), passed the state House […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Haaland Confirmation Opens Up Congressional Seat for Sandia Area

    The U.S. Senate Monday voted 51-to-40 to confirm Rep. Debra Haaland (D-N.M.) as secretary of interior, which will create a vacancy in the congressional district that includes the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories facilities in Albuquerque. Haaland presented House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with her letter of resignation Tuesday and issued a farewell address to […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    In Op-Ed, Holtec Says Indian Point Decommissioning Means “Rebirth” for Region

    As a legal battle continues over the decommissioning of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, the company in charge of dismantling the plant took to local media last week to plead their case. Decommissioning the Buchanan, N.Y. power plant could lead to a “rebirth and re-use” of the land it’s located on, bringing new jobs and […]

  • International

    U.K. Makes Higher Warhead Cap Official: 260 for Trident Fleet

    The United Kingdom officially announced Tuesday that it will raise the cap on its nuclear arsenal to 260 submarine-launched ballistic-missile warheads from the previous target of 180 warheads. “In 2010 the Government stated an intent to reduce our overall nuclear warhead stockpile ceiling from not more than 225 to not more than 180 by the […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Ex-NNSA Boss Joins Board of Asset Tracking Company

    Former National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty joined the board of directors of Visible Assets, a closely held New Hampshire company that sells rugged, magnetic-based  asset-tracking and “internet of things” systems to military and high-tech clients.  Visible Assets announced the move in a press release on Tuesday. It’s the first publicly announced foray back […]

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