Vol. 9, No. 25 Hanford remediation could extend to nearly 22nd century
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Budget & Policy
Granholm fields House lawmaker questions on Hanford, NNSA
Merging the Hanford Site’s two field offices in Washington state will not deprioritize cleanup of millions of gallons of radioactive tank waste, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm told House appropriators Wednesday. DOE has for years planned to combine Hanford’s Office of River Protection with the Richland Operations Office in 2025, the same year the site […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Secretary of Energy hopeful for fast Russian uranium ban
The Department of Energy will “move with alacrity” to jumpstart a new civilian uranium refining industry once Congress bans imports of Russian uranium to unlock billions in funding, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm told lawmakers today. “[H]opefully we can get that ban in place,” Granholm said during the first DOE budget hearing of the year […]
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Contracts & Procurement
UCOR inks multiyear deal contract with building trades union
The Department of Energy’s Amentum-led environmental prime at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee on Wednesday signed a new contract affecting 550 members of North America’s Building Trades Unions at the nuclear property. United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) said in a press release the project labor agreement, which covers a quarter of its 2,200-person workforce, […]
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International
Defense Secretary ‘Optimistic’ Congress will act on Ukraine supplemental approps bill
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he’s “optimistic” Congress will take action on the pending supplemental with further aid for Ukraine, while adding that Kyiv’s “survival is in danger” in its fight against Russia’s ongoing invasion. “I am optimistic that we will see some action [on the supplemental] moving forward. But, again, this is a […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
CORRECTION
The story “NNSA seeks study contractor for effort to mature Oak Ridge defense refining tech” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, March, 19, 2024] should have said that the National Nuclear Security Administration is developing uranium enrichment technology and that the agency has enough low enriched uranium to meet defense needs through the 2040s.
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Budget & Policy
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