Vol. 6, No. 56 Holtec Expects NRC to Approve Palisades Sale by in January, Close Deal in June
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Commercial Decommissioning
Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Deets in Next 90 Days, PG&E Says
SUMMERLIN, NEV. — The utility company in charge of a California nuclear power plant is preparing to roll out its plan to decommission the site, a representative said here Monday at the annual Decommissioning Strategy Forum. “We’ll have several major announcements in the next 90 days about how the work is going to get done” […]
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Decommissioning
Holtec “Evaluating” Oyster Creek as Potential Site for Future Advanced Reactor
SUMMERLIN, Nev. — The site of a shuttered New Jersey nuclear power plant could one day host an advanced modular reactor, Holtec International’s regulatory affairs chief said here Monday at the Decommissioning Strategy Forum. Holtec is “evaluating” Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to determine whether it’s a suitable site for the company’s SMR-160 modular reactor, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
BWXT’s 3Q Income, Revenue Trickle Down on COVID Comps for Power Biz
Fresh off a big win at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site last week, BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., reported Friday that profits dipped a little in the third quarter as revenue took a bit of a tumble. BWXT Technologies (BWXT) posted net income of about $60 million, or 63 cents a share in the […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy Triggers Options on Fluor’s Nuclear Propulsion Contract
The Navy exercised a one-year, $1-billion option on Fluor Marine Propulsion’s Naval Reactors contract, which includes management of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s multi-site Naval Nuclear Laboratory in Idaho, New York and Pennsylvania, the parent company said Monday. Fluor Marine Propulsion, Arlington, Va., snagged the naval labs business from Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp. in 2018 […]
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Contracts & Procurement
There Could be Single Hanford DOE Office Within 4 Years
Between now and 2025, the Department of Energy envisions having a single operations office at the Hanford Site in Washington state rather than the current two, according to a procurement-related document. Although they have separate budgets approved by Congress, the Richland Operations Office and the Office of River Protection have reported to the same boss, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Holistic Hanford Talks Continue, Details Scant in Latest Report
Talks between Washington state and the Department of Energy over the future of Hanford Site cleanup continued this fall at a very granular level, according to the latest court-mandated status update about these so-called “holistic” negotiations.. “Since filing the last update on July 30, 2021, the Parties have continued to participate in mediation sessions, including […]