Vol. 6, No. 26 SBA Panel Denies Swift & Staley’s Appeal on Paducah Contract; Says Company Too Big
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Plutonium Pit Production
Indy Evaluation of Los Alamos Pit Plant’s Costs Mostly Match Program Team’s Estimate
A program-independent review found the cost-floor for building the National Nuclear Security Administration’s planned, multibillion-dollar pit factory at the Los Alamos National Laboratory will be slightly higher than the official estimate, though the ceiling… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Court Filing Pulls Back Curtain Slightly on Mediated Hanford Talks Between State, Feds
The Department of Energy and the Washington state Department of Ecology have been involved in so-called “holistic” talks with the aid of a federal mediator since June 2020, the parties told a federal court Friday. With a confidentiality deal in place, publicly… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Texas House Postpones Vote on Bill Banning High-Level Waste Storage
A Texas House of Representatives adjourned Tuesday without voting on a proposed bill that would ban the storage of high-level nuclear waste in the Lone Star State, leaving a decision on the measure for a future meeting. The second reading of H.B. 2692, introduced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec to Step in On New Mexico Suit Over Interim Storage
The company seeking federal approval to build an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico is asking to get involved with the state’s ongoing lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to recent court filings. Holtec International… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE, Los Alamos Cleanup Contractor Make Headway on Chromium Plume
The Department of Energy and its legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory said Tuesday an interim groundwater pump-and-treat system to contain a hexavalent chromium plume is now fully operational. Three extraction wells and two injection… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Ground Abort Stops Scheduled Minuteman III Test
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile failed to launch as scheduled from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after a ground abort in the early morning hours on Wednesday, the Air Force wrote in a statement. “The cause of the ground abort… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Robbins Replaces Beausoleil at NNSA Production Office
Teresa Robbins replaced Geoff Beausoleil as manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration field office responsible for the Pantex Plant and the Y-12 National Security Site, according to the government’s nuclear health-and-safety watchdog. Robbins, one… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]