Vol. 5, No. 23

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

At NNSA Production Sites, Full Steam Ahead — With Precautions — Amid Pandemic

As the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons laboratories conduct mass teleworking amid the COVID-19 pandemic, production sites with work already in the pipeline are still chugging along at about full staff while trying to protect their workforces. At the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., for example, construction continues on the Uranium Processing […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SRS Ramps Up Emergency Response Team for COVID-19

    The Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina said Wednesday it is activating its Infectious Disease Response Team to help navigate the COVID-19 crisis. The team will operate around the clock and will hold “daily leadership calls” in an effort to limit potential impact of the novel coronavirus on the 310-square-mile, 11,000-employee federal installation. […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    DOE Would Get $28 Million for Telework Aid in Second Emergency COVID-19 Bill

    As part of a much larger spending request, the White House has requested $28 million in emergency 2020 funding to help the Department of Energy telework during the COVID-19 pandemic. The DOE share will pay “for additional information technology requirements and telework support, also including increased cybersecurity costs, in response to coronavirus,” according to a […]

  • International

    COVID-19 Halts all Field Work at Canadian Cleanup Project

    All field work was halted Wednesday at a massive cleanup project for radioactive contaminants spread across two municipalities in Ontario, Canada, in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In a late-morning tweet, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories said it had suspended field operations at the Port Hope Project and Port Granby Project, which are managed jointly under […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Construction of Hanford Tank-Side Cesium Removal System Could Start in Weeks

    The Department of Energy hopes in April to start construction of the Tank-Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) system at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a vendor said Wednesday. Tank waste management contractor Washington River Protection Solutions and DOE’s Office of River Protection are requesting temporary authorizations from the Washington state Department of Ecology to start […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Lawmaker Group Lobbies Appropriators For Second Virginia Sub

    A bipartisan group of over 100 lawmakers pushed House appropriators in a letter this week to fund a second Virginia-class submarine in the fiscal 2021 defense budget bill. Led by the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services seapower subcommittee, Reps. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.), the letter has a total of 112 signatures. […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Perma-Fix Nearly Doubles Revenue, Turns Around Income, to End 2019

    Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Thursday said it had nearly doubled its revenue in the fourth quarter of 2019, to $22.1 million from $11.7 million for the corresponding period the year before. The 88% spike was built on sales boosts in its two key businesses for the quarter ended Dec. 31: Revenue in the Services Segment […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Nuclear Industry Group Lauds Increased Transparency in NRC Fee Explanation

    A nuclear industry organization this week gave the Nuclear Regulatory Commission higher marks for transparency in making the case for its fees for the current 2020 federal fiscal year. In the proposed fee schedule issued in February, the NRC said it would require $728.5 million in fees for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30. That […]

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