Vol. 2, No. 39 Radioactive Contamination Found at Hanford Waste Tank
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Cover Placed Over Breached Hanford Waste Tunnel
A heavy plastic cover was installed Saturday over the partially collapsed PUREX plant waste tunnel at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. Work is expected to continue through Monday to secure the cover’s sides with 150 concrete ecology… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Selva, Dunford Nominated for Reappointment to Joint Chiefs
The leaders of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have been nominated to stay in their positions, the Defense Department announced Friday. The Pentagon said in a statement that Air Force Gen. Paul Selva has been nominated for reappointment as vice chairman of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Defense & Military
Pentagon Names New DTRA Director
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says that Vayl Oxford has been selected as the new director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, succeeding Shari Durand, who retired on May 12. Oxford most recently was a national security executive policy advisor at the Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
DNFSB Headed to New Mexico for Public Hearing on LANL
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board said Friday it has scheduled a public hearing in Santa Fe, N.M., on June 7 to discuss safety concerns at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s main nuclear production area, the Technical Area 55 Plutonium Facility. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Ukraine to Consolidate Spent Fuel by 2019
As the United States wrestles with management of spent fuel from the nation’s nuclear reactors, Ukraine expects to consolidate its material two years from now, Holtec International announced last week. Ukraine’s consolidated interim storage facility… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]