Vol. 8, No. 82

Warhead & Weapons Development

U.S. will develop higher-yield B61 gravity bomb

The U.S. military will develop a new, higher-yield variant of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb designed for delivery by modern aircraft, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 27. Designated the B61-13, the new bomb will be suited for use against hardened and large-area military targets, the Defense Department said in a statement. Congressional approval and funding […]
  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    DOE Inspector General not sold on Bechtel cost estimates for vit plant

    Three years after Bechtel and a fellow contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state paid about $58 million to settle fraud claims, DOE’s Office of Inspector General still lacks confidence in Bechtel’s cost estimates, according to a new report. In an audit report out last week, DOE’s  Office of Inspector General […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE lays out timeline for expansion of Idaho lab’s CERCLA landfill

    The Department of Energy started site preparation this summer for expansion of a low-level radioactive waste landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory and the prep work should continue into July 2024, an agency official told an advisory panel last week. Construction of the third cell for the landfill should be done around September 2025 with […]

  • International

    U.N. mission, with experts from China, Russia, wraps inspection of Fukushima wastewater

    The International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday wrapped up a three-day inspection of wastewater discharges from the shuttered Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan, the U.N. group announced. The four-day mission began Oct. 24 and concluded Oct. 27. The task force included experts from 11 countries, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wrote in […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. October 31: Webinar, Energy Communities Alliance. “Cleanup to Clean Energy: How to Develop a Project on Federal Land.” Executives with the Washington-based group, representing the interests of localities near Department of Energy nuclear-weapon cleanup sites, will discuss […]

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