Fluor Again Changes CEOs, Board Member Takes the Helm
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT CEO Optimistic About Keeping Hanford Tank Award, Eyes Other DOE Biz
Although the Department of Energy has put the award on hold, BWX Technologies President and CEO Rex Geveden likes his company’s chances of retaining the potential $13-billion Tank Closure Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state. “We feel good about… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Biden Could Consider Women, Republican or Black Man for Energy Secretary, Source Says
Should former Vice President Joe Biden (D) defeat President Donald Trump (R) in today’s election, several women — including a Republican — and a black man could be shortlisted as candidates for Biden’s first secretary of energy, a source with experience… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Amid Corruption Allegations, FirstEnergy Third Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
FirstEnergy Corp. reported third-quarter earnings above analyst expectations days after firing its CEO and other executives following a summer of corruption allegations about an Ohio state nuclear-power bailout. The Akron, Ohio-based energy company reported net… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Ex-No. 2 at NNSA Doesn’t Rule Out Return to Club Fed
A former number-two at the National Nuclear Security Administration would not rule out a return to government service on the eve of the presidential election. “No comment,” Madelyn Creedon, principal deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Quizzed on Timing, Format of Oral Presentations for SRS Waste Contract
Prospective bidders are asking the Department of Energy for some leeway on making oral presentations for a potential $21-billion long-term contract for management of liquid waste at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Early this month, the department issued… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Holtec and Hitachi Sign Fuel Storage Memo
Holtec International and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy have signed an agreement to implement Holtec’s HI-STORM UMAX dry cask storage canisters in Japan. The technology provides an alternative to the typical spent fuel dry storage technologies currently used in Japan,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Planning to Resume Force-on-force Inspections in March
NRC Planning to Resume Force-on-force Inspections in March The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to resume force-on-force inspections in March next year, staff said in a meeting Monday featuring panelists from the Nuclear Energy Institute, NextEra, Entergy and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]