Vol. 6, No. 50 New Mexico Court Upholds DOE’s Waste-Counting System at WIPP
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Warhead & Weapons Development
B61-12 First Production Unit ‘Nearing Completion,’ NNSA Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration is almost finished with a proof-of-concept unit that will kick off mass production of the homogenized version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, an agency spokesperson said Monday. “The B61-12 program is nearing the completion of the FPU [first production unit] milestone, and we expect to make an announcement later […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Attrition From COVID Mandate at SRNS Will be ‘Small,’ Local Fed Tells Advisory Board
The top federal manager at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina said COVID-19 infection rates are falling around the complex near the Georgia line. “The good news is for the first time in some time we have no one in the hospital,” Michael Budney, manager of the DOE Office of Environmental […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
No Need for High Court to Reconsider State Compensation Law for Hanford Workers: Washington AG
As expected, the Washington state attorney general has filed formal arguments saying there is no need for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit an appeals court ruling that backed a state law boosting workers’ compensation eligibility for Hanford Site employees with certain work-related illnesses. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed his 45-page “brief in opposition” […]
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Warhead & Weapons Development
Defense Nuclear Amendments for the Senate’s FY22 NDAA: W80-4; Posture Review; Plant Directed R&D; More
With the Senate set to debate its version of the National Defense Authorization Act this week in Washington — the measure would authorize $20 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration compared with $19.7 billion requested — here’s a look at some of the defense-nuclear amendments proposed for the bill. One the Senate passes its […]
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Decommissioning
Biden Signs Infrastructure Legislation, Locking In Nuke Credits
The Department of Energy has until March or so to hammer out the details of a tax credits program for financially-troubled nuclear power plants after President Joe Biden signed a long-awaited infrastructure package into law Monday. The bipartisan bill, which opens up around $6 billion in federal funding over a five-year period to provide tax […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
‘No Immediate Plans’ to Change Hybrid Work Status at NRC
As Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff trickle back into the office, the agency said Monday that its current hybrid workplace model doesn’t yet have an expiration date. “We now are in a posture where most employees are teleworking about three days a week, and they’re in the office on varying days two days a week,” a […]