Potential two-year COVID delay to UPF, Splitting Pantex, Y-12, among top issues for NNSA
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Contracts & Procurement
UCOR takes home 85% of its potential fee; discusses new Oak Ridge contract
An Amentum-Jacobs team won about $27.5 million or 85% out of a potential $32 million from the Department of Energy for its remediation of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee during the final seven months on the job. The DOE released the URS CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) award… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE announcement on nuclear plant bailouts possible as soon as Thursday
The Department of Energy could announce as soon as Thursday which nuclear power plant operators will receive the first round of payouts in the agency’s multi-billion dollar civil nuclear credits program. Thursday marks one month since the Sep. 6 application deadline… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA picks up next 10-year contract option for Westinghouse’s S.C. tritium-rod manufacturing
The National Nuclear Security Administration picked up Westinghouse Government Service’s next 10-year option to manufacture tritium producing burnable absorber rods at a South Carolina factory. The rods are the source of tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons. Westinghouse… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
State, Feds formalize authorization of long-sought new landfill at Oak Ridge
KNOXVILLE, TENN. – The Department of Energy’s acting manager for nuclear cleanup at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee said here Wednesday that final state and federal authorization are in hand for design and construction of a long-sought onsite low-level hazardous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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International
Cavendish Nuclear opens new U.S. shop; seeks more biz
Cavendish Nuclear, an international nuclear player in countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom, opened a United States office headquarters Sept. 22 in Arlington, Va., a spokesperson confirmed by email Wednesday. The nuclear industries in the United Kingdom… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]