Vol. 6, No. 39 First Hearings on DOE Nuclear Weapons, Waste Budgets Scheduled for Today
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Cleanup & Remediation
Vaxed Employees at Hanford, Portsmouth, Paducah Should Not Ditch Masks Just Yet
The Department of Energy’s largest and most complex nuclear cleanup property is looking at relaxing its COVID-19 protocols soon but has made no changes yet, Hanford’s site manager Brian Vance said in a Tuesday memo to all employees. Likewise, the Portsmouth… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC “Hesitant” to Start Rulemaking on Advanced Spent Fuel Disposal
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission isn’t looking too closely at disposal or repurposing of spent nuclear fuel from future advanced reactors, the agency’s fuel safety chief told a National Academies panel Tuesday. NRC won’t regulate the back end of the advanced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Existing Nuclear Fleet “Essential” for Biden Climate Goals, McCarthy Says
The existing nuclear fleet is essential in giving the Joe Biden administration time to expand the capacity of renewable generating sources, the White House’s climate czar said Tuesday. Nuclear energy provides a “very stable baseload” of electricity generation,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Amentum Executive Sain Dies at Age 73
Leo Sain, a senior executive at Amentum who has led joint ventures across the Department of Energy weapons complex, has died at age 73. Most recently Sain served as the decommissioning and demolition and waste management sector lead at Amentum. He died May 13,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]