Vol. 9, No. 54

Justice dept. urges court to accept plea deal from Hanford contractor accused of COVID fraud

The U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington state asked a federal district judge to accept a plea agreement from a subcontractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site accused of fraud in connection with a COVID-19 relief program. In an Oct. 15 legal filing,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
  • Amid global surge in nuclear power interest, Jenkins says IAEA needs funds

    “Funding needs to happen” for the International Atomic Energy Agency, the State Department’s undersecretary for arms control said Tuesday at a think-tank event about nuclear power.  “People hear the word energy, I mean nuclear, and they kind of run. A… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Roswell area flooding alters some WIPP shipment plans

    Although the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received little rain from the weather system that caused serious flooding in Roswell, N.M., it did cause road damage prompting DOE to alter this week’s shipment plans for defense-related… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • EPA indefinitely reopens public comment on WIPP expansion 

    The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said it indefinitely reopened a public comment period on the Department of Energy’s July request to expand the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. “A request for an extension to the comment period was received… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

  • Canadian municipality begins voting today about hosting radioactive waste

    Residents of South Bruce, Ontario, Canada, were to begin voting today about whether they wish to host a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. Voting began Tuesday morning and runs through Oct. 28, according to the municipality’s website. The seven-member… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

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