Vol. 9, No. 46

Budget & Policy

Nuclear policy reforms navigating Senate gridlock

A bi-partisan, bi-cameral package of nuclear policy reforms that sailed through the House in May has stalled in the Senate, where at least one lawmaker has not consented to pass the bill without a roll call vote. As of Tuesday, no senator had publicly declared… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    No waste at Yucca, says front runner for GOP nomination to oppose Rosen in Senate race

    In a shift, Sam Brown, who seeks the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), on Saturday said he opposed storing radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain. Yucca Mountain “should not, and will not, be revived as a nuclear waste repository,” reads a post… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    ‘Keith Richards might be dead by then,’ King says of best-case Hanford scenario

    When pressed during a Senate hearing to say when the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state might be cleaned up, William (Ike) White, longtime DOE Environmental Management acting boss, said a “best-case” might be 2060. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine),… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    U.S. and EC joint radioactive security announcement

    The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Radiological Security and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs spoke at last week’s International Conference on Nuclear Security on securing radioactive sources,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]

  • News & Analysis

    This week

    Here are some events related to civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. May: 29-30: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Expert Panel Review of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation of  Accident Tolerant Fuel Concepts. Pacific… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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