Vol. 6, No. 36 SRS Finished Tritium Upgrades for B61-12 in February
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National Laboratories
NTESS Hit With $152K Fine for Misfiling Classified Information
National Engineering and Technology Solutions of Sandia, the Honeywell-owned prime for the Sandia National Laboratories, agreed to a $152,000 settlement with the Department of Energy over the unauthorized disclosure of classified information at the lab some time… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Safety Review for Proposed Holtec Interim Storage Site Facing Further Delay
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it still needs more information from Holtec International to complete a required safety evaluation of the company’s proposed interim storage facility in New Mexico — a precursor for licensing the facility to accept spent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Non-Proliferation
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Advances Arms Control Nominee on Tight Vote
Without much Republican support, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday favorably reported the Joe Biden administration’s nominee for the State Department’s top arms control post to the Senate floor. The vote in the evenly divided committee was 12-10… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Final Waste Placed Into INL’s Subsurface Disposal Area
The Department of Energy and contractor Fluor Idaho said in a Tuesday press release the final shipment of radioactive waste has been placed into the 97-acre Subsurface Disposal Area at the Idaho National Laboratory. The disposal area, which began accepting waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
DOE Again Vetting Waste Control Specialists, Rival Sites for Mercury Storage
After a lawsuit by gold companies forced it to back off its initial selection of a commercial site in Texas for long-term storage of elemental mercury, the Department of Energy is again shopping around for a contractor and Waste Control Specialists is again one… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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National Laboratories
Los Alamos Regional Coalition Reportedly to Close
A regional group to promote communities around the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has reportedly decided to close up shop. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Monday the Regional Coalition of LANL [Los Alamos National Laboratory]… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]