Vol. 9, No. 68 BWXT taps new president Gary Camper for largest of company’s business segments
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Australia to bulk up nuclear-submarine workforce
Australia said on Monday it planned to hire another 200 workers to be trained to help sustain American and British nuclear-powered submarines on a Western Australia naval base. This recruitment and upskilling program is part of the new government-funded Jobs for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford grouts K West reactor basin, prepares for cocooning
Hanford stabilized its final reactor basin in August, meaning all the water has been removed and the empty pool has been filled with grout. Hanford’s K West reactor is the last one to be cleaned out, its outlying buildings demolished and to be sealed off. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
ANS blasts Science over weaponizable HALEU story
The American Nuclear Society is “unconvinced” that high-assay low-enriched uranium could lead to a surge in weapons proliferation, the group said in an open letter to Science Magazine. “The implied recommendation that the United States should unilaterally… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Groundbreaking to start next week on parts of Rocky Flats hiking trail
Workers planned to break ground Sept. 9 on parts of the planned Rocky Mountain Greenway, a hiking trail near a former plutonium-pit factory, a group trying to stop the trail said in court papers. Planned activity for next week includes beginning construction on… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]