Vol. 6, No. 39

Transuranic Waste

Decision on WIPP Shaft Could Occur in 4th Quarter

It could be late fall before New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney makes a ruling on whether the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant can complete development of a new underground shaft. That is based on timelines allotted by the New Mexico… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC to Make Decision on Interim Storage License “Shortly After” Enviro Review Done

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will make a final decision about whether to license one of two proposed interim storage sites for spent nuclear fuel “shortly after” it completes environmental impact statements for the project this summer, the agency’s spent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Issues More COVID-19 Related Regs Exemptions to Nuke Plants

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted four nuclear power plants exemptions to federal regulations governing employee work hours and training during the month of April, according to a notice published by the agency Tuesday. Between April 6 and April 29 NRC granted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Portsmouth Plaintiffs Seek Delay to Replace Lawyers

    A group of plaintiffs who last year sued current and former Department of Energy contractors at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio have asked a federal court for a four-month delay in the case while they replace two Florida attorneys, one of which is apparently facing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    Companies Hope Hanford Can House Next-Gen Reactors

    An Oregon designer of small modular reactors has linked up with a venture to build four small reactors at the Department of Energy’s Hanford site in Washington. The same design company also  lined up an undisclosed amount of incoming cash and a pipeline for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]

  • Budget & Policy

    CORRECTION

    A story in Wednesday’s Weapons Complex Morning Briefing (“SRS Finished Tritium Upgrades for B61-12 in February,” 05/26/2021) should have said that the NNSA plans to replace the tritium facilities at Savannah River Site’s H-Area Old Manufacturing Facility… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

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