Vol. 4, No. 47

Cleanup & Remediation

Cleanup Community Still Weighing Impact of Fluor Government Biz Sell-Off

Companies in the U.S. Energy Department nuclear cleanup sector are still trying to gauge the impact of Fluor’s decision to divest its government contracting business. There are still far more questions than answers among DOE contractors, subcontractors, and workforce, several sources said following the Tuesday announcement from the Texas-based engineering and construction giant. “Nobody really […]
  • Life Extension Programs

    New Nuke Capacitors Will Cost Up to $850M; Other Weapons Programs to Foot Bill

    WASHINGTON —It will cost as much as $850 million to replace commercial capacitors unsuitable for use in two refurbished nuclear weapons, a senior National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) official told lawmakers here. For the B61-12 gravity bomb, an ongoing homogenization of four different versions of the oldest deployed nuclear weapon, the costs will range from […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Senators: Impeachment Inquiry Not Likely to Impact NDAA Negotiations

    As Capitol Hill has been set abuzz with the news that House Democrats will open an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, negotiators for the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) said they believe the authorizing bill debate will remain isolated from the impeachment issue. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Reorganizing Nuclear Material Safety Office

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in October plans to reorganize its Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), including combining two divisions. The reorganization will take effect on Oct. 13, officials said during a meeting Wednesday with nuclear fuel cycle industry stakeholders at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md. It will be headlined by the […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Still Slightly Behind Last Year’s Pace on Waste Shipments

    The pace of transuranic waste shipments to the U.S. Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico picked up after a slow start to 2019, although it is still seven shipments behind the 2018 tempo as of the end of August. The underground salt mine site near the city of Carlsbad received 225 shipments […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    NRC Further Pushes Back Completion of Part 61 Rulemaking

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s timeline for completing its regulatory update on disposal of low-level radioactive waste has slid further to the right, though an agency official cautioned Wednesday the latest schedule remains tentative. During a meeting with nuclear industry stakeholders, the NRC presented a Sept. 17 schedule update on the Part 61 rulemaking. That […]

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