Vol. 10, No. 110 Despite B-52 cost breach, W80-4 will ‘stay the course,’ Sandia director says
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
David Wright NRC term to expire next month
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair David Wright’s term with the agency is set to end on June 30. As of 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the White House had not announced plans to renominate Wright. Wright was originally sworn in as a commissioner for the NRC on May 30,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning […]
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Budget & Policy
Danly confirmed as deputy energy secretary
The Senate Tuesday voted 52-to-44 to confirm James Danly, a former member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to be deputy secretary of energy. The vote was along party lines with four senators, two Democrats and two Republicans, not voting. Danly, an… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
McConnell: Trump’s defense budget outline ‘fails’ to meet required investment
Top Senate defense appropriator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday the Donald Trump administration’s defense budget outline, which factors in planned reconciliation spending to achieve a $1 trillion topline, “fails” to meet the required level of investment. McConnell… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
SCE updates its decommissioning efforts for SONGS
Southern California Edison this week updated its latest decommissioning efforts for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in southern California. In its first quarter update, SCE said it has begun to deconstruct reactor pressure vessels that previously stored… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT announces CFO turnover
BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., said this week that Rob LeMasters, who joined the company a decade ago as a board of directors’ member, has stepped down from his job as chief financial officer and executive vice president. The current chief accounting officer,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Ex-federal prosecutors from Eastern Washington join plaintiff law firm
Two former federal prosecutors central to many U.S. Justice Department legal cases involving the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, have joined San Diego-based plaintiffs’ law firm with offices across the Western United States. Singleton… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]