Vol. 4, No. 50 Judge Orders Further Environmental Review of Earthquake Hazards at UPF
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Cleanup & Remediation
Fluor Ready to Sell Off DOE Contracts From Idaho to South Carolina
Fluor’s announcement Tuesday that it will sell off its government business unit opens the door for one of its peers to take full or partial ownership of multibillion-dollar contracts for the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management and semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The Irving, Texas-based engineering and construction multinational is lead partner […]
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Transuranic Waste
EPA Taking Comments on WIPP Recertification
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comment on the proposed five-year recertification of the Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico as meeting radiation standards for disposal of defense-related transuranic waste. The Energy Department filed the compliance recertification application with the EPA in March. Under the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act, […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
House Panel to Vote on Nuclear Waste Management Bill
The House Energy and Commerce environment and climate change subcommittee is scheduled Thursday to vote on a bill aimed at advancing establishment of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev. The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019 is among 15 bills scheduled for markup beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern time at 2123 Rayburn […]
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Defense & Military
McConnell: Senate to Vote on Hyten Nomination This Week
The Senate will vote on whether to confirm U.S. Strategic Command Commander Air Force Gen. John Hyten to become the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chamber’s senior Republican leader said Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) affirmed in a floor speech Tuesday that by the end of the week, […]
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Life Extension Programs
NNSA Notches More Flight Tests of B61-12 Gravity Bomb
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Air Force in August completed three more flight tests of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb — a weapon whose first production date will be delayed because one of its non-nuclear components was not durable enough to last 30 years in the field. The latest three tests […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Nuclear Waste Transport Planning Should Prioritize Closed Sites, Report Says
The U.S. Energy Department should focus on retired nuclear power plants and some of its own facilities as it plans for the eventual removal and transport of radioactive waste from dozens of sites around the nation, the federal Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) said this week. That is one of three recommendations in a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Perma-Fix Wins $15M in Contracts for DOE, Other Clients
Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Tuesday said it had picked up $15 million in new contracts with the Department of Energy and other customers, for nuclear services including demolition and radiological cleanup. The projects cover 18 months of work, both in Canada and the United States, according to a press release. The Atlanta-based nuclear services provider […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
Clarification
An article in the Sept. 23 issue of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing should have stated that an internal report by utility Southern California Edison addressed concerns raised by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector about scratching on canisters of used fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.