Vol. 4, No. 50

Budget & Policy

Senate Vote Expected Today on Extending Stopgap Budget

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote at 11:30 a.m. today to extend stopgap funding for fiscal 2020 and avoid a shutdown of the federal government. A series of three votes are expected on the continuing resolution that would keep the government open until Dec. 20,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Hanford Management Vexed by ‘Negative Trend’ on CH2M Worker Contamination

    CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation must suspend work in radiologically contaminated areas of Building 324 at the Hanford Site in Washington state until it gets a handle on certain “negative trend,” according to a recent order from the U.S. Energy Department. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    House Committee Passes Nuke Waste Bill; Version Introduced in Senate

    A House committee on Wednesday passed a bill intended to advance centralized storage and permanent disposal of the nation’s nuclear waste, while the long-promised Senate version of the legislation was finally filed. Rep. Jerry McNerney’s (D-Calif.) Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Three of Four DNFSB Nominees Advanced for Senate Vote

    The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday advanced three of the four Trump administration nominations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). The nominees approved on voice vote were: Bruce Hamilton, current DNFSB chairman; current board member… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    Nuclear Arms Control Must Include China, Pompeo Says

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reaffirmed the Trump administration’s disinterest in renewing a strictly bilateral U.S.-Russian New START nuclear arms control treaty past its expiration in February 2021. As Trump and other officials have previously,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NNSA Battles Demand to ‘Show Cause’ to Sustain Uranium Export License Application

    A multinational medical isotope company jumped the gun in demanding that the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) “show cause” against termination of its application for a federal license to export weapon-grade uranium to Europe, according to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC Board Dismisses Final Contention Against Texas Spent Fuel Storage Licensing

    A board of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday reversed a prior order to allow the Sierra Club to argue one case against licensing of a facility in West Texas for temporary storage of spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The NRC Atomic Safety and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]

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