Vol. 1, No. 57 House to Take Up Energy and Water Spending Bill Tuesday
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA Announces Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation Appointments
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has appointed Jay Tilden as associate administrator and Dave Bowman as deputy associate administrator for counterterrorism and counterproliferation, the agency announced Monday. Most recently Tilden served as… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At SRS, Contractor Hopes Dye Will Help Find Crack in Evaporator Pot
The prime liquid-waste contractor at DOE’s Savannah River Site is still hunting for the source of a leak in the 3H Evaporator that helps make room for more liquid waste in the H-Area tank farm, a company spokesperson said Monday. Discovered in February,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE IG: NNSA Meeting Nuclear Incident Response Aircraft Requirements
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is better meeting aircraft requirements for the nuclear incident response missions it supports, the Department of Energy Office of Inspector General (IG) found in a May 18 report. The report found that the NNSA… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Study Says NRC Hasn’t Gone Far Enough on Fukushima
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not gone far enough in improving safety at American nuclear plants in response to the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, an independent, NRC-funded study claims. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in its… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus Announces Two Vice President Appointments
Centrus Energy announced Friday two executive appointments: Dennis Scott has been appointed vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary, and Larry Cutlip has been appointed vice president of field operations, both effective… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NDA Awards Two R&D Contracts to Amec Foster Wheeler
The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) awarded Amec Foster Wheeler two R&D contracts for integrated waste management, site remediation, and spent fuel and nuclear materials management, the company announced Monday. The framework contracts, worth up… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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International
Dounreay Uses Household Putty to Save on Decommissioning
Decommissioning crews at Scotland’s shuttered Dounreay nuclear facility are using a household putty solution to gather metal samples from the base of the site’s Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR). In a press release Monday, organizers described how they forewent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]