Vol. 8, No. 49

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

DOE probe finds no fault with nuclear courier’s time off practices

The Department of Energy’s watchdog found no evidence that personnel at the Office of Secure Transport abused their administrative leave in a recent investigation.  The DOE Inspector General received allegations in March that Office of Secure Transport (OST) – the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) internal paramilitary force tasked with transporting nuclear weapons and material […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC sends enviros’ Diablo Canyon shutdown request to commission staff

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week declined to rule on a request by a group of environmentalists to shut down one of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s reactors. Instead, commission staff will look at the request by a pair of perennial antinuclear groups. It is the outcome that both NRC staff and plant operator Pacific […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Middle DP Road cleanup complete, N3B says

    The legacy cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico said recently it has completed the multi-million-dollar remediation of Middle DP Road in Los Alamos County. Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) said late last month that recent sampling confirmed “contamination removal and cleanup is complete,” according to […]

  • Reindustrialization & Redevelopment

    Idaho National Lab clean energy industry day scheduled in October

    The Department of Energy Cleanup to Clean Energy Program will hold its second industry day at a DOE nuclear site, this time at the Idaho National Laboratory on Oct. 25. While the notice shared by DOE does not yet list an exact meeting time, the day-long session is scheduled for the Idaho National Laboratory’s meeting […]

  • Commercial Decommissioning

    Interim Magnox chief executive becomes permanent boss

    The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has appointed Rob Fletcher as the permanent CEO of Magnox Limited, the authority said in a recent press release. Fletcher has been acting Magnox chief executive since May, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said in the press release. Fletcher permanently fills the vacancy created when Gwen Parry-Jones OBE left […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 11: Ceremonial opening. Centrus Energy Corp. planned an event to mark the start of operations of its demonstration cascade of high assay low enriched uranium centrifuges at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site near Piketon, Ohio. […]

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