Vol. 8, No. 33 DOE to delay transition to BWXT-led tank team at Hanford pending court protest
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Vitrification & Grout
Savannah River citizen panel updated on salt waste, security, NNSA transition
State officials signed off last week on a Department of Energy request to delay installation of what’s known as Next Generation Solvent at the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, a federal advisory board heard Monday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Decommissioning
NorthStar to acquire, decommission GE Hitachi’s Vallecitos reactors
NorthStar Group Services said last week it plans to acquire the Vallecitos Nuclear Center, in Sunol, Calif., from General Electric Hitachi, adding four reactors to the privately held company’s decommissioning fleet. As of Monday, privately held NorthStar, New… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Defense & Military
U.S. publishes nuclear weapons numbers as Russia ignores treaty obligations
The U.S. State Department released aggregate numbers of strategic offensive nuclear weapons on Monday, its obligation under the New START treaty, despite Russia’s refusal to participate further in the bilateral deal. “As a lawful countermeasure in response… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC plans meeting Wednesday on possible changes GTCC, low-level waste regulation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission planned to hold a meeting Wednesday about a long-awaited proposed rulemaking that will cover both low-level waste and Greater Than Class C waste. The NRC last week published a few of the slides it planned to brief at Wednesday’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]