Vol. 6, No. 59 Vaccine Mandates Could Spread, Sources Say
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National Laboratories
Anti-Vax-Mandate Protest Planned Near Los Alamos on Tuesday
A group opposed to COVID-19 vaccination mandates and mask mandates in schools urged Los Alamos National Laboratory workers to show up Tuesday to protest lab contractor Triad National Security’s decision to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees. The group, New Mexico Freedoms Alliance, urged Los Alamos employees to show up from 11 a.m. to 1 […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former Communications Director Becomes New EM Chief of Staff
Mike Nartker, a former communications director at the Department of Energy’s Office’s Office of Environmental Management is now chief of staff, according to a new organizational chart posted online last Wednesday. In the post, Nartker reports to DOE’s acting assistant secretary for environmental management (EM) William (Ike) White. In addition to supporting White and principal […]
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Decommissioning
Minor Security Violations at Oyster Creek Spent Fuel Storage Site, NRC Inspection Concludes
A New Jersey power plant undergoing decommissioning needs to shore up its spent fuel inventory security procedures, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission found in a recent site inspection. NRC logged three physical security violations at Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station during an August inspection of the plant’s independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI), according to a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
In Siting Nuclear Waste Repositories, Experts Say Industry Needs to ‘Support the Opponents’
Working closely with would-be opponents of nuclear waste repositories is important to getting such sites built, a panel of international nuclear experts said at a conference last week. “I think it’s very important to have informed critics [of nuclear waste],” Arne Kaijser, professor of technology and history at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, said […]