Vol. 5, No. 89 Energy Secretary, Lawmakers Commemorate Demo of Oak Ridge Enrichment Complex
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Contracts & Procurement
Next Y-12/Pantex Contract Won’t Draw Protest, Will Happen on Time, NNSA Acquisition Boss Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s enterprise-wide procurement honcho predicted a competition to pick a new management contractor for the Pantex Plant and the Y-12 National Security Complex would conclude in time to replace the incumbent by Oct. 1, 2021, and without any protest. “We don’t get protested,” Bob Raines, the agency’s associate administrator for acquisition […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Exelon Could Exit Nuclear Power Plant Biz
Exelon Corp. is considering selling its nuclear plants, Bloomberg reports. The business wire reported Monday afternoon that sources close to the energy company say it’s considering selling some of its non-utility assets, but a final decision hasn’t been made. “As we most recently communicated on our second quarter earnings call, we regularly review our corporate […]
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Non-Proliferation
Billingslea Issues Clarion Call to Arms Control Community as ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ on New START Appears to Fall Apart
The Donald Trump administration’s lead nuclear negotiator on Tuesday called on the arms control community to publicly back the White House’s drive to condition an indeterminate extension of the New START treaty with Russia on a verifiable freeze in deployment of all nuclear warheads, even those not covered by the bilateral agreement. “I think it’s […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Pandemic Ushers in Wide-Scale Telework, Could Have Lasting Impact
COVID-19 has made remote work much more common for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, and could alter work practices even after the pandemic recedes, the office’s top career official said Tuesday. Even with some people return to cleanup sites across the country, at EM headquarters in Washington, D.C., there is still only […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC to Address COVID-19 Exemptions Moving Forward
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting Thursday addressing licensing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioners will discuss work hours, security inspection exemptions and other pandemic-related topics. On March 30, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) made work-hour exceptions, allowing plant operators to work up to 86 hours in a work week, up from […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
ETEBA Trade Group Appoints New Director
Bill Moore, a geologist with more than 25 years of experience in the environmental cleanup business, is the new executive director for the Tennessee-based Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association. Bob Eby, the organization’s board president, announced Moore’s appointment Tuesday during the trade group’s first virtual 2020 Business Opportunities and Technical Conference. Moore has worked […]