Vol. 6, No. 22 May Could Prove Busy Month for DOE Procurement
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Geologic Repository “Still a Matter of Urgency,” Says Fed Nuke Waste Panel
Although spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste can be safely stored in the interim, progress on a long-term geologic repository is “still a matter of urgency,” an independent review board said Friday. If the federal government followed the recommendations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Inspector General Likens Cooperative Audits at DOE to ‘Fox-Guarding-the-Henhouse’
Leaving Department of Energy contractors in charge of auditing costs ultimately paid by the government has created something of a “fox-guarding-the-henhouse problem,” the DOE’s Office of Inspector General said recently. As a result, the Office of Inspector… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Obituary: Indian Point Energy Center, 1962-2021
One of the four nuclear power plants set to shut down this year moved its last electron last week, setting the decommissioning process in motion. Indian Point Energy Center’s Unit 3 reactor went dark Friday, according to a press release from Holtec International… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Budget & Policy
This Week
Here are some public events related to defense- and civilian-nuclear matters that the Exchange Monitor staff is tracking this week: May 03: The Brookings Institution hosts a webcast on President Biden’s first 100 days at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. 03: BWX Technologies… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]