Vol. 6, No. 42 Lawmakers Focus on Hanford, Environmental Liability During DOE Budget Sessions
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Plutonium Pit Production
Senators Probe Acting NNSA Chief About Livermore Pits, Foreign Uranium
In a budget hearing that was mostly a best-of, a couple Senators asked the acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration about alternative means of meeting the mission objectives of the day, including by producing pits at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory or buying, instead of enriching, uranium needed to produce weapons-tritium in the […]
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Budget & Policy
Clean Energy Standards for Nuclear Will Ensure Demand Stays High, Granholm Says
The Department of Energy’s goal of establishing a “clean energy standard” for zero-carbon sources of electricity will ensure that demand for nuclear power stays high in the face of mounting plant closures, the Secretary of Energy said Wednesday. “The number one solution the [Joe Biden] administration believes is very important for nuclear’s future is to […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
DOE Unveils Program to Limit Nuke Waste from Advanced Reactors
The Department of Energy announced Wednesday a new program aiming to reduce the volume of spent nuclear fuel produced by advanced reactors, according to a press release. The “Optimizing Nuclear Waste and Advanced Reactor Disposal Systems” (ONWARDS) program under DOE’s existing Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will get up to $40 million in funding from […]
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Decommissioning
NY Public Service Commission Unanimously Approves Indian Point Settlement
The state of New York’s public service committee voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a proposed joint settlement agreement in which the company set to decommission Indian Point Energy Center will commit to greater financial transparency and community engagement. The New York Public Service Commission’s 4-0 vote at a virtual meeting Wednesday to greenlight the April […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
University Prof Cites Portsmouth Contamination, Locals Press DOE for School Replacement
A Northern Arizona University researcher, Michael Ketterer, recently reasserted findings from 2019 that radioactive contamination from the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio poses a concern for people outside the fence, and local leaders are using his analysis to press for federal money to replace a shuttered school. In an April 28 letter to […]