Vol. 7, No. 57 Reliability of dosimetry readings, chemical hazards concern many Portsmouth workers, graduate study finds
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Cleanup & Remediation
Leidos samples for contamination at elementary school near FUSRAP site
Government contractor Leidos started sampling both inside and outside Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Mo., on Monday for signs of radiological contamination, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a Tuesday press release. “We are in the process of collecting samples throughout the entire property to ensure the health and safety of the students […]
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International
Energy secretary Granholm, IAEA chief Grossi to hold joint press conference
The heads of both the U.S. Department of Energy and the United Nations’ nuclear power authority were scheduled Wednesday to speak with reporters at an international conference held in Washington, D.C. Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm and Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), are set to hold a joint press conference following […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC won’t enforce radioactive materials violation at Diablo Canyon, agency says
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will not take disciplinary action against the operator of a California nuclear power plant despite finding that it ran afoul of federal regulations governing the storage of radioactive materials, the agency said in a letter Monday. Although NRC’s Sep. 30 inspection of Diablo Canyon Power plant revealed that operator Pacific Gas […]
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Defense & Military
Ashton Carter, defense secretary who oversaw beginnings of nuclear modernization, dead at 68
Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, 68, a Rhodes scholar and theoretical physicist who helmed the Pentagon between 2015 and 2017, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his home in Boston. At the time of his death, Carter was director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy […]