Vol. 8, No. 24 Rival bidder for Hanford tank contract sues DOE over $45B award
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC approves 40-year license for Holtec to store spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday licensed Holtec International to operate a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico, agency documents show. The proposed facility, which Jupiter, Fla.-based Holtec calls HI-STORE, may… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
GAO denies bid protest over Centerra SRS security contract
The Government Accountability Office Tuesday denied a bid protest challenging the Department of Energy’s award of a new security contract to Centerra at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. While a redacted version of the Government Accountability Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus reports uptick in profits for first quarter
Earnings rose for Centrus Energy in the first quarter of 2023, during which the uranium broker and enrichment-technology developer finished building its 16-machine high-assay low-enriched uranium enrichment cascade. The company reported $7.2 million in net income, or $0.49 a share, in the first quarter on $66.9 million in revenue, compared with a net loss of […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Los Alamos plutonium-handling gloveboxes breached several times in March, April
At least five glove-box breaches occurred at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in late March through mid-April, though none of the incidents resulted in worker skin contamination or otherwise compromised their health, according to two reports from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Two of the breaches at the lab’s PF-4 Plutonium Facility occurred in […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Accomplice in nuclear-submarine espionage case contests 22-year sentence
The wife of a former Navy civil engineer who attempted to sell nuclear-submarine secrets to a foreign nation is contesting the 22-year sentence she got for her part in the attempted espionage. Diana Toebbe was convicted of conspiracy to communicate restricted data for being an accomplice to her husband, Jonathan Toebbe, who over several months […]