Vol. 6, No. 62 Los Alamos Picks New Director for Plutonium Infrastructure
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Cleanup & Remediation
About 74% of Tailings Removed From Moab Pile
The Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor at a uranium mill tailings pile near Moab, Utah has moved about 74% of the radioactive material to a disposal site 30 miles away, according to an update posted online this week. In August, North Wind Portage shipped… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Decommissioning
NorthStar Muscling In on Kewaunee Plant Sale
The sale of a Wisconsin nuclear power plant is getting more scrutiny, as a second decommissioning company got permission Tuesday to get involved in a review of the transaction. Dominion Energy already agreed to sell the Kewaunee Power Station to EnergySolutions,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
As Delta Surge Continues, NRC Remains on Max Telework, Still Collecting Vax Data
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is still keeping its workforce at home as the COVID-19 Delta variant spikes infections across the country. NRC is following the Office of Management and Budget and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for managing the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
Nuclear Non-Profit, Union Urge Biden Admin to Expand Nuclear Energy
The federal government needs to do more than just prop up existing nuclear reactors to achieve its climate goals, executives of a major nuclear non-profit and a labor union said in an op-ed Wednesday. Though the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the International… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]