Vol. 1, No. 119 Senate Begins Formal Consideration of Budget-Bill-to-Be
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Contracts & Procurement
Los Alamos Cleanup Contract Hits the Street
A decades’ worth of cleanup work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), which including options is valued at $1.7 billion, is officially out for bids, the agency’s Office of Environmental Management announced late Wednesday. The work entails cleaning… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Vapor Protections Could Extend Hanford Waste Tank Emptying Schedule
Possible actions to protect Hanford Site workers from chemical vapors could lead to missed milestones under the Department of Energy consent decree with Washington state for emptying single-shell waste storage tanks, according to a preliminary report. Kevin Smith,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Issues Contract for Waste-Shipment Safety Training
A trucking industry safety group will continue to train transportation safety officials to inspect shipments of radioactive waste headed to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., under a $1.7 million, five-year cooperative agreement the Energy Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Ohio Congressmen Make Funding Plea for Portsmouth
On Monday, two more members of Ohio’s congressional delegation asked high-ranking appropriators to ensure cleanup work at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Piketon, Ohio, is not interrupted because of the short-term spending bill slowly working… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Lawmakers Want NRC to Uphold Safety Exemptions Longer
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should uphold all emergency preparedness and response requirements at shuttered nuclear power plants until spent fuel is moved into dry storage, a host of lawmakers suggested in a recent letter to the agency. The NRC’s issuing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
Lithuania Issues License for Spent Fuel Storage Site at Ignalina
The Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) on Tuesday issued an operating license for a new interim spent fuel storage facility (ISFSF) at the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP). The operating license allows INPP to commission the facility… 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
South Carolina Group Intends to Submit Interim Spent Fuel Storage Application
A South Carolina-based venture capitalist backed by a board of nuclear experts intends to submit an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build and operate an interim spent nuclear fuel storage and reprocessing facility in the Palmetto State. Mike… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Non-Proliferation
CTBT Membership Grows by Two
Myanmar and Swaziland on Wednesday formally ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, bringing the total number of ratifying states to 166 but pushing the accord no closer to entry into force. The nations deposited their instruments of ratification following the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]