Vol. 8, No. 121 Amentum to merge with Jacobs’ government biz, creating of publicly-traded company
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Cleanup & Remediation
Most DNFSB staff respect the top bosses; work remotely much of the time
Based on a survey taken mid-year, 72% of the staff at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board have a “high level of respect” for senior leaders, which is the best score on this question in about four years at the independent federal watchdog for Department of Energy nuclear weapon sites. The figure reached 69% of […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Orano USA to promote Palayer to CEO after Vexler jumps to Centrus
Jean-Luc Palayer will be Orano USA’s chief executive officer effective immediately, the U.S. arm of the French nuclear-fuel-cycle and services company announced Monday. Palayer, most recently Orano USA’s vice president of business operations, took over the top spot after Amir Vexler left the company to become chief executive officer of Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md. […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
France test-fires new M51.3 sub-launched missile over Atlantic
France successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, without a nuclear warhead aboard, over the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 18. The test firing was conducted by the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) from the Ballistic Launch Site (BLB) in Biscarrosse in southwest France. The flight comes just seven months after the successful acceptance test […]
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International
Power temporarily cut to one of Ukraine nuclear plant’s six reactors
One of the six reactors at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant lost power for about an hour and a half last week, causing an emergency diesel generator to kick in to provide electricity for cooling and other functions, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. Plant personnel are investigating what caused the 90-minute power outage to […]