Vol. 4, No. 327 Senate Appropriators Boost GBSD for 2020
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Non-Proliferation
After Bolton’s Departure, Some See New Hope for New START
Minutes after President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that John Bolton would leave his job as national security adviser, voices in the arms control community wondered if the White House now would be more likely to extend the New START nuclear-weapons treaty with Russia. “Is there hope for the New START Treaty?” Madelyn Creedon, principal deputy administrator […]
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Transuranic Waste
Fluor Idaho Winds Down Operations at AMWTP
Fluor Idaho, the U.S. Energy Department’s cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory, expects within weeks to largely conclude its work at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP). As of late August, 140 cubic meters of transuranic waste debris… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Vendors Hope End-State Contracting Will Shrink Procurement Delays
HENDERSON, Nev. – Nuclear cleanup vendors hope the U.S. Energy Department’s new approach to procurement succeeds in quickening the pace of contract awards, one executive said here last week. That was the assessment of the end-state contracting model offered… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Vitrification & Grout
Work Begins on Next Saltstone Disposal Unit at Savannah River
Site preparation recently began for the next large-scale Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, according to a post Monday on the site’s Facebook page. Liquid waste contractor Savannah River… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Interim Storage Partners Wants to Quash Last Contention Against NRC Spent Fuel License
Interim Storage Partners (ISP) on Monday petitioned for dismissal of the sole permitted contention against federal licensing of its planned consolidated interim storage facility in West Texas for spent fuel from nuclear power plants. Upon rejecting the contention,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
No Major Environmental Impact in Keeping Three Mile Island Waste in Idaho, NRC Says
Staff at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined there would be no significant environmental impact in a 20-year renewal of the Department of Energy’s license for storage of radioactive waste from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC Nuclear Waste Fund Spending Remains Minimal
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in July again spent little of its remaining balance from the fund intended to pay for a federal nuclear waste repository. The agency spent just $704 in the month for unspecified program planning and support. That left the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]