Vol. 7, No. 32 
DOE releases final solicitations for next Portsmouth, Paducah contracts
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
‘Tough fights’ ahead on nuclear sea launched cruise missile, B-83, Armed Services chair says
The leader of the House Armed Services Committee said Monday he sees “tough fights” ahead over President Biden’s proposals to cut the Navy’s nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile program and retire B-83 gravity bombs as Congress takes up the next defense policy bill. Committee chair Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said he agreed with both policy proposals […]
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Decommissioning
Mulling a Diablo Canyon bailout, California implores DOE to scrap ‘overly broad’ exclusions for nuke credit applicants
The state of California Monday asked the Department of Energy to alter requirements for its recently-unveiled nuclear bailout to ensure the Golden State’s last operating nuclear power plant is eligible for an award during the agency’s first funding cycle. DOE’s April guidelines for its roughly $6 billion civil nuclear credits program present “overly broad” restrictions […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Cleanup boss at Los Alamos praises firefighters
The head of the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management field office at Los Alamos National Laboratory lavished praise on 1,000 firefighters who battled the Cerro Pelado wildfire in New Mexico, which as of Wednesday was 92% contained. The residents who lived through major past fires in the region went through “a traumatic experience,” said environmental […]