Vol. 5, No. 50

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Watts Bar 2 to Start Weapons Tritium Production When Current Refueling Outage Wraps

When the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor reactivates from a refueling outage that started Oct. 26, it will begin producing tritium for nuclear weapons for the first time, a National Nuclear Security Administration spokesperson said Monday. The specialized rods will start producing yield-boosting gas for nuclear weapons during Watts Bar Unit […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Numbers Perk Up for October, Still Way Down for 2020

    The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 25 shipments of transuranic waste during October, which is marginally better than the 21 shipments during the same month in 2019. That is according to DOE’s public database for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which also shows shipments for this pandemic-hobbled year […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    California Congressional Race Looking Like a Photo Finish

    With more than 333,000 ballots cast in California’s 25th congressional district, incumbent Mike Garcia (R) is clinging to a lead of 104 votes over Christy Smith (D) as of Monday, according to reports from CNN and other news outlets. About 99% of the ballots have been counted, according to the CNN website. Garcia, a former […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Early Buys for Columbia Submarine Components Possible, Caldwell Says

    In what could be a boon to submarine subcontractors and the broader nuclear-naval industry, the Navy is looking at buying components for Columbia-class submarines, especially boats that will follow the two already under contract, a little earlier, the head of naval reactors said Monday. “We’re looking at what we can do to further de-risk Columbia […]

  • International

    Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization to Create New Waste Storage Plan

    Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization has been charged by the federal government to develop a plan for dealing with the country’s supply of low- and intermediate-level waste. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is a non-profit established in 2002 in accordance with Canada’s Nuclear Fuel Waste Act to find a solution for the permanent storage […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    FBI Agents Seen Outside Ohio’s Top Utility Regulator’s Home

    FBI agents were seen removing boxes from the home of the head of Ohio’s utilities regulator on Monday, according to The Columbus Dispatch, although it’s unclear what they were looking for. The chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), Sam Randazzo, has connections with FirstEnergy, an electric utility tied to a $60-million nuclear-bailout […]

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