Vol. 6, No. 46 Despite COVID, Major Staff Loss Not Seen at SRS, Panel Told
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Non-Proliferation
Savannah River “Targeting” Downblend of 34 Metric-Ton Tranche of Plutonium in FY 2026
The National Nuclear Security Administration is “targeting” fiscal year 2026 as the startup date for a new facility at the Savannah River Site that will process 34 metric tons of surplus weapon usable plutonium for disposal in New Mexico, an agency official… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Savannah River Tempers Year-1 Expectations for SWPF
The Department of Energy now expects the Salt Waste Processing Facility built by Parsons at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will treat roughly four million gallons, rather than six million gallons, during its first full year of operation, an agency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Decommissioning
Decom Work at Ft. Belvoir Reactor to Begin in November
Early steps in the decommissioning of the long dormant SM-1 reactor at the Ft. Belvoir Army base in Virginia will begin in November, the Army Corps of Engineers announced recently. The Corps of Engineers plans to “mobilize limited site crew” in early November… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Transuranic Waste
Only a Trickle of WIPP Shipments Recorded in September
After various problems hamstrung the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for most of August and September, the disposal facility only took in three shipments of transuranic waste last month, all of which arrived Sept. 30. A combination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
SHINE Nabs NNSA MO-99 Funding
SHINE Technologies, Janesville, Wis., got $35 million through a cooperative agreement with the National Nuclear Security Administration to help produce the molybdenum-99 medical isotope in the U.S. without relying on highly enriched uranium, the agency announced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nuclear Waste Board to Review DOE’s Geologic Repository Safety Framework
A federal nuclear waste agency will take a look at some the Department of Energy’s recent research into long-term geologic storage of radioactive waste in November, according to a press release Monday. During two days of public meetings starting Nov. 3, representatives… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]