Vol. 5, No. 16 Reduced Staffing Level Stays in Place for Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford
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Cleanup & Remediation
BWX Technologies Cites Strong First-Quarter Earnings
BWX Technologies brought in $542 million in first-quarter 2020 revenue, 30% more than the $416 million generated during the first three months of 2019. Net income for the period ended March 31 amounted to $75.5 million, $0.79 per diluted share, a significant year-over-year jump from $49 million, $0.51 per diluted share, the Lynchburg, Va.-based company […]
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Transuranic Waste
AECOM Quarterly Earnings Drop Slightly
AECOM, the former owner of what is now Department of Energy contractor Amentum, generated $3.2 billion in revenue during its second quarter of fiscal 2020, down from $3.4 billion for the same period a year earlier. Net income for the Los Angeles-based engineering and infrastructure multinational landed at $49 million, or $0.31 per share, for […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Monday Nomination Wave Includes Two For DNFSB
The White House on Monday shoveled 30 nominations to the newly returned Senate, including two for positions on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). Former DNFSB Chair Joyce Connery was nominated to serve a term ending Oct. 18, 2024, while Thomas Summers, former vice commander of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Confirms New NRC Inspector General
The Senate on Monday voted 87-0 to confirm Department of Justice attorney Robert Feitel as the new inspector general for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Feitel succeeds Hubert Bell, who served 22 years as the industry regulator’s inspector general before retiring in December 2018. The vote was conducted shortly after 6 p.m., following a brief introduction […]
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Non-Proliferation
Trump Admin Nominates New State Dept. Arms Control Chief
The Donald Trump administration on Monday nominated Marshall Billingslea, the former Treasury Department antiterrorism official nominally in charge of nuclear arms control negotiations, as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. Billingslea, as special presidential envoy for arms control, is already the point person for the White House’s more-or-nothing attempt to secure a […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Appeals Court to Hear S.C., DOE for Arguments in $200M Plutonium Lawsuit
Attorneys for South Carolina and the Department of Energy are set to argue tomorrow before a panel of appeals judges about whether a lower court erred in not forcing the agency to pay the state hundreds of millions of dollars for storage of weapon-usable plutonium. Legal counsel were to argue over the telephone in the […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
South Carolina Wants Full Environmental Impact Statement on Westinghouse Plant Licensing
The state of South Carolina wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to prepare a full environmental impact statement before deciding whether to renew the license for Westinghouse’s Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF). The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) made the request in an April 27 letter regarding the federal regulator’s draft environmental […]