Vol. 5, No. 25

Budget & Policy

Senate Wants to Pass 2021 NDAA by July 4

The Senate Armed Services Committee thinks its version of the annual policy-shaping National Defense Authorization Act (NSAA) could pass the upper chamber before the Fourth of July holiday, a committee aide confirmed Monday afternoon. Politico reported Monday that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
  • Plutonium Pit Production

    COVID-19 Halted Construction of Plutonium Disposal Facility at Savannah River

    The COVID-19 pandemic in April halted construction on the Savannah River Site’s Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project: the replacement for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility that will help the U.S. government dispose of 34 metric tons of weapon-usable plutonium. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) called a stop-work on the project in the second week […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    LANL to Test Employees for COVID-19 Starting Today

    The Los Alamos National Laboratory is set today to begin testing its own employees for COVID-19, a spokesperson for the Department of Energy facility in northern New Mexico confirmed Monday. The local Los Alamos Reporter broke the news Monday. Los Alamos is the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Centrus Had Profitable First Quarter as Virus Raged

    Centrus Energy Corp. on Monday reported $9.3 million of net income in the 2020 first quarter, up from a loss of more than $20 million a year ago, as revenue improved to $45 million from just under $40 million a year ago, That comes out to earnings of $0.95, on… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    Perma-Fix More Than Doubles Revenue in 1Q

    Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Tuesday reported a $112.3% increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit its business. Sales rose from $11.7 million in the first quarter of 2019 to $24.9 million in the three-month… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Decommissioning

    Pilgrim Plant Closure Hits Entergy Revenue in 1Q

    The 2019 closure of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts drove a major revenue drop that put Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ income into the red for the first quarter of 2020, parent company Entergy Corp. said Monday in a filing with the Securities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Bypass Road Opens to Traffic

    The North Access Road Bypass at the Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico opened to traffic on Friday. The $9 million, 3-mile bypass connects north and south access roads for the DOE site and directs other traffic away from the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    California Congressional District With Stake in Santa Susana Holds Special Election

    Voters decide today in California’s 25th Congressional District who will serve out the remainder of a term that came open when Rep. Katie Hill (D) resigned last November. Democrat Christy Smith, a member of the California State Assembly, and Republican Mike Garcia,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

  • Decommissioning

    Feds See No Environmental Impacts From Renewing Humboldt Bay ISFSI

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined there would be no significant environmental impact from a 40-year license renewal for the spent fuel storage pad at the retired Humboldt Bay nuclear power plant in California. Owner Pacific Gas & Electric “is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

Get Published in ExchangeMonitor Publications