Vol. 4, No. 51 Trump Administration Details Fiscal 2020 DOE Cleanup Budget Request
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Cleanup & Remediation
Energy Dept. Explains $400M Funding Drop for Hanford Cleanup
The Department of Energy plans in fiscal 2020 to cut funding for cleanup at the Hanford Site in Washington sate in part because of progress made and projects completed, according to detailed budget documents released Monday. In total, funding for the two DOE offices… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA Seeks $410M For South Carolina Pit Plant in FY20
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking $410 million for fiscal 2020 to begin converting a canceled plutonium disposal plant in South Carolina into a factory to produce nuclear-warhead cores, the agency revealed Monday in its detailed 2020… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
DNFSB Stresses Prevention of Future Waste Drum Breaches Similar to Idaho Episode
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) says the Energy Department should do more to reduce the risk of combustion of stored radioactive waste sludge similar to the April 2018 accident at the Idaho National Laboratory in which four drums blew off their… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Transuranic Waste
Texas Set to Approve Continued Storage of Problem Los Alamos Waste at WCS
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is poised to give its blessing for Waste Control Specialists (WCS) to continue storing potentially problematic transuranic waste from the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory through late December… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Decommissioning
California Utility Won’t Contest NRC Fine Over SONGS Used-Fuel Incident
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday it intends to fine Southern California Edison $116,000 for an August 2018 misplay in handling of used reactor fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). While it has 30 days to contest the decision,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Budget & Policy
Udall Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2020
Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), a friend of the Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories who has spent the last two decades on Capitol Hill, on Monday announced he will not run for re-election in 2020. Rather than seeking a third term, Udall will leave the Senate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Firm Lands DOE Contract to Help Plan for Shipment Accidents
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management has awarded a potential five-year, $4.5 million contract to a firm to assist with its Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program. The Environmental Management office on Monday announced the award to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Decommissioning
Nuclear Exec to Lead U.K. Magnox Decommissioning
A longtime executive in the United Kingdom nuclear industry will take over as chief executive officer of Magnox Ltd. later this year, the government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said Tuesday. Gwen Parry-Jones will formally assume the CEO position… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]