Vol. 7, No. 22 Top WIPP bosses still hope to get ventilation project going before 2026
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA’s new high-explosive fabrication facility to open in 2024
A new 20,000-square-foot high-explosives fabrication facility at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Pantex Plant should be up and running by January 2024. Pantex broke ground on the new Advanced Fabrication Facility in Amarillo, Texas, the week… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Transuranic Waste
Close call at WIPP with high-capacity hoist in free-fall during shaft work
Hoisting equipment fell and struck the ground just feet from where people were working recently on a new Utility Shift at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., according to a federal safety board’s regular monthly update… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
Bill in Massachusetts legislature would block Pilgrim wastewater discharge
A bill in the Massachusetts state legislature would prevent a company decommissioning a nuclear power plant in the commonwealth from releasing irradiated wastewater from the site into a nearby bay. If it becomes law, the measure proposed by state Sen. Susan Moran… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
This Week
Here are some events related to defense and civilian matters that the Exchange Monitor staff is tracking this week: 21 – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was scheduled to host a public meeting about its proposed decommissioning rule for nuclear power plants.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
A story in the March 09 issue of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing [“NNSA budget up in omnibus; prohibitions against B83, sea-launched W80-4 gone”] should have said that the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to cast pits at a planned facility at the Savannah River Site.