Vol. 5, No. 37 House Committee Voting on Bill This Week to Give Energy Secretary More Authority Over NNSA
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Decommissioning
Lawsuit Alleges Contractors at Portsmouth Sickened Workers, Polluted Ohio Environment
Another federal lawsuit has been filed against current and former contractors that have performed either uranium enrichment or environmental operations at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Pike County Ohio. The class action complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio seeks almost $10 million in damages for an alleged […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy Prioritizing Columbia Program in Case of Continuing Resolution
The Navy’s top acquisition official, James Geurts, told reporters last week if there is a continuing resolution (CR) before the next budget is finalized, the service would need an anomaly to keep the Columbia ballistic missile submarine program on schedule. It has become a near-certainty that Congress will need at least one stopgap measure to […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Contractor Providing Fire Protection With Help From Its Friends
With two of its own fire trucks out of service, the management contractor for the Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico is leasing vehicles from local communities. One of WIPP’s two fire trucks had problems with braking and shifting into gear and a second vehicle was leaking fluids, according to a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Spent $335 From Nuclear Waste Fund in July
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in July continued to keep a tight rein on spending down its balance from the federal fund intended to pay for a nuclear waste disposal facility. The agency used just $335 for unspecified program planning and support, according to its latest monthly spending report to Congress. That left it with an […]