Vol. 5, No. 15 Senate Passes $2 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy Anticipates COVID-19 Will Affect Shipyards
Top Navy officials have not seen any shipyard delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic yet, but they are expecting and planning for future issues. “[T]o date we haven’t seen any sort of perturbations in that right now but we are anticipating that there will be,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Decommissioning
West Valley Shifts to Mission-Critical Work Due to Pandemic
CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley in New York state is, like other nuclear remediation vendors for the Energy Department, decreasing its work to “mission-essential” tasks for the near future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily on-site staffing at the West Valley Demonstration Project was decreased effective Monday, and many employees will “telework to the extent […]
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Decommissioning
SONGS Decommissioning to Temporarily Ramp Down
Southern California Edison said Wednesday it is preparing to temporarily ramp down some decommissioning operations at the retired San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The utility expects in the next few… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus Boosted Revenue, Cut Losses in 2019, but Virus Obscures Path to Profit
Centrus Energy Corp. closed out 2019 by boosting revenues and trimming its losses from the prior year, but management said the COVID-19 pandemic has for now dimmed the company’s hopes of returning to profitability in 2020. On Tuesday, the Bethesda, Md.-based… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Energy Dept. Hiring Consultant to Help Guide Hanford Waste Plant to Hot Startup
The Department of Energy plans to issue a potential four-year, $1 million contract for consultant Jeffrey Trent to assist in “hot commissioning” of the Waste Treatment Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The notice for the planned no-bid contract… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]