NNSA ‘working on’ LLNL contract extension;SRS final RFP out January, administrator says
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
TVA Watts Bar 1 began scheduled outage, removed irradiated TPBAR in early November
The Tennessee Valley Authority began a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage Nov. 1 at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1, the quasi-government corporation announced last week. A Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spokesperson told the Monitor in an email that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE promotes new deputy cleanup manager at Idaho
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has selected Maria Mitchell-Williams as the next deputy manager of the Idaho Cleanup Project at Idaho National Laboratory. Mitchell-Williams fills the vacancy created when Mark Brown became manager… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE hopes to refurbish WIPP salt pocket by spring 2025
By spring, the Department of Energy and its prime contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico expect to complete overhauling an underground staging area for lifting mined salt to the surface, DOE said Tuesday. “The team is in the process of safely… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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News & Analysis
CORRECTION
The story “Ventura fires don’t affect Santa Susana, Energy Technology Engineering Center” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, November 11, 2024], should have said while Boeing is majority owner, the federal government is a part owner of Santa Susana with roughly 450 acres of the 2,850-acre site administered by NASA.