Vol. 10, No. 40 Wash state officials balk at talk of WTP cancellation; Energysec says nothing has changed
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Budget & Policy
GAO: NNSA M&O contractors lack reliable cost estimates for subcontracts
Management and operating (M&O) contractors at National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have not developed reliable cost estimates for fixed-price construction subcontracts, the Government Accountability Office said. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has a cost estimating guide that established 12 steps that “reflect commercial best practices to help agencies develop comprehensive, well documented, accurate, and credible […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC accepts Fermi America’s partial license application for review
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has agreed to review the first two parts of Fermi America’s combined license application. The application contained sufficient design information for a license to construct four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at the proposed site in Amarillo, Texas, according to NRC’s Monday press release. NRC said it does not anticipate any safety concerns […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Justice urges court to throw out Riverkeeper’s Hanford FOIA case
The U.S. Department of Justice, representing the Department of Energy this week urged a federal magistrate in Oregon to throw out a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by Columbia Riverkeeper. Columbia Riverkeeper sued DOE in mid-June in the U.S. District Court of Oregon alleging FOIA violations over the Joe Biden administration’s Cleanup to […]
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National Laboratories
Curio successfully tests nuclear fuel recycling technology in DOE labs
Curio recently announced the completion of a laboratory-scale demonstration for its nuclear fuel recycling technology, NuCycle, in collaboration with four Department of Energy National Laboratories. DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Washington state, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico contributed to the […]
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National Laboratories
DOE announces investment of over $35 million toward national labs
The Department of Energy announced recently it will provide over $35 million toward 42 projects with aims to advance emerging energy technologies at DOE national laboratories related to nuclear energy and artificial intelligence. The awards were made through DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund, which has a program in fiscal 2025 called the Core Laboratory Infrastructure for […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE, N3B to hold Wednesday forum on Los Alamos cleanup
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office and its legacy cleanup contractor will hold a public meeting starting at 5 p.m. Mountain Time Wednesday. Speakers from DOE and environmental prime Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B) will discuss remediation at the Los Alamos National Laboratory site in New Mexico. […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Nuclear documentary to premiere on Sept. 15 at Kennedy Center
The first screening of “The Nuclear Frontier” documentary is set to premiere on Sept. 15 at the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. A reception will follow at 6 p.m. Eastern Time, which includes a keynote address, panel discussion and premiere screening. The link to RSVP for […]