Vol. 8, No. 39 NRC says its OK to move stranded Los Alamos waste to a WCS enclosure
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Budget & Policy
Senate committee joins House committee with uranium ban; seeks report on civil nuclear credits
A Senate committee unanimously voted Wednesday to ban imports of Russian uranium and to require a report from the Department of Energy about the cost of a federal bailout for struggling nuclear power plants. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the ban and the report as part of S. 452, the Nuclear Fuel […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Tritium-rod shipment contract extended; NNSA says other companies can do the work
NAC International’s contract to transport irradiated rods containing tritium from the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina was renewed without competition in September, even though the National Nuclear Security Administration identified four companies that the agency believes could do the work. The new five-year follow-on contract is being awarded on […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Combined low-level, GTCC rulemaking headed to NRC commissioners for approval in November
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff plan to submit a proposed rulemaking about near-surface disposal of Greater Than Class C waste to the commission in November, officials told the public Wednesday. The proposed rule, years in the making, combines a 2015 inquiry into a rules change for Greater-Than-Class-C (GTCC) waste with changes to low-level waste disposal governed […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Pandemic rules over, but Hanford workers lawyers want to keep litigating COVID suit
The White House has ended remaining COVID-19 federal jobsite vaccination rules triggered by two 2021 executive orders but attorneys for 315 workers at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site say the legal fight should go on. The administration of President Joe Biden (D) and other defendants in David Donovan versus Brian Vance “have not relinquished […]
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Contracts & Procurement
EM biz office shops around for procurement support services
The Department of Energy’s Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center is in the market for small companies to support upcoming procurements in the weapons complex. The Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) on Tuesday published a combined sources sought and request for information for small businesses designated as an Indian Tribe or Alaska Native Corporation […]