Vol. 4, No. 50 Fluor to Exit Government Contracting Business, Including DOE
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Budget & Policy
Senate to Vote on Stopgap Budget By End of Week
The Senate will vote on whether to support a seven-week long continuing resolution by the end of this week, the chamber’s senior Republican leader said Monday. Congress has just one week to pass a CR to keep funding the government at fiscal 2019 levels before… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
No Draft RFP Out Yet on Oak Ridge Remediation
Nearly a month past its own declared schedule, the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management still has not issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) for further cleanup of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. On July 2, DOE said in a notice on… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Decommissioning
Energy Dept. Lays Out Plan for Demolition of Santa Susana Structures
The U.S. Energy Department on Monday formally announced it would demolish the final 18 structures at the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. The plan is laid out in a new record of decision for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE Dismisses DNFSB Recommendation on Savannah River Tritium Safety
The Department of Energy rejected a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) recommendation intended to better protect workers at the Savannah River Site’s tritium facilities from fires, explosions, and other accidents that could expose the public to radiation. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Feds Oppose Nevada’s Legal Maneuvering to Force Plutonium Out
Nevada should not be allowed to seek removal of one-half a metric ton of weapon-usable plutonium from its borders by amending a lawsuit it filed against the Department of Energy last year, according to the federal government. “With no success in convincing this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
U.S. Has Paid $7.4B to Nuclear Utilities Over Spent Fuel
The U.S. government has paid at least $7.4 billion to nuclear power plant owners for failing to meet its Jan. 31, 1998, deadline to begin taking their spent reactor fuel for disposal, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The date was set in the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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International
Holtec Completes Work on Chernobyl Spent Fuel Storage Facility
Holtec International said Monday it has completed construction and testing of the interim storage facility for spent fuel from three reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. This effectively ends the New Jersey energy technology company’s role… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Former Los Alamos Manager to Lead UC Nat’l Labs Full Time
Former Los Alamos National Laboratory business manager Craig Leasure will become the full-time vice president for national laboratories at the University of California on Oct. 1, after about eight months on the job in an interim capacity. The university is a senior… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
Former Tinder, Whiskey Execs Get Slots on Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
A former Tinder executive, the chairman emeritus of a national whiskey distiller, and the president of the California Institute of Technology are among the eight new members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced Monday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]