Vol. 21, No. 16 
DOD Begins Nuclear Posture Review
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Plutonium Pit Production
Lawmakers Urge Perry to Keep MOX Project Alive
Ten members of the House of Representatives from South Carolina and Georgia are urging Energy Secretary Rick Perry to sustain construction of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. The Obama administration tried to cancel the decade-old project, through which Washington would meet its commitment to a nonproliferation […]
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Non-Proliferation
Resolution Puts House on Notice Against Cutting IAEA Funding
A Democratic congressman from Illinois said Thursday he is serving notice to his colleagues against cutting the U.S. contribution to the United Nations agency that is taking an increasing leadership role in global efforts to prevent terrorists from obtaining nuclear weapons. The United States annually provides nearly $200 million in support of the International Atomic […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Renewed Calls for High-Assay LEU as DOE Considers Uranium Barter
Representatives of the nuclear fuel industry are calling on the Department of Energy to downblend U.S. highly enriched uranium to levels above the low-enriched threshold in anticipation of the needs of advanced nuclear reactors, as the department evaluates options for managing its excess inventory of the nuclear material. The Department of Energy manages its excess […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Uranium Shipments from Canada to SRS to Begin This Spring
Unprecedented shipments of liquid highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Canada to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will begin this spring, now that the 60-day window has closed to appeal a judge’s decision allowing the Energy Department transports. Groups that had sued against the shipments decided against appealing the directive. Judge Tanya Chutkan, of U.S. […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Seeking Tritium Rod Transport Services
The National Nuclear Security Administration said Monday it is seeking providers for the transport of radioactive irradiated tritium-producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs). The request for information also said the agency wants to “identify small business concerns with the capability to perform the services” in order to assess a possible set-aside. The acquisition is meant to […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Feds, South Carolina Get Extra Time to Plan Plutonium Removal
A federal judge has granted the state of South Carolina and the Energy Department an additional three months to come up with proposed deadlines and schedules for removing 1 ton of plutonium from the state. The removal order is the result of the state’s 2016 lawsuit against DOE and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration last year, which […]
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Non-Proliferation
U.S., Member States Mark 30 Years of Missile Technology Control Regime
The U.S. State Department on Monday marked the 30th anniversary of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), calling it “an outstanding example of multilateral nonproliferation cooperation.” The Group of Seven nations – the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan – on April 16, 1987, announced the establishment of the MTCR, intended to restrict […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Wrap Up: Honeywell Sales Flat, Earnings Up
Department of Energy contractor Honeywell said Friday its first-quarter 2017 sales were almost equal to revenue from the same period one year ago, but both earnings per share and free cash flow spiked. The industrial company brought in $9.49 billion in sales in its latest reporting period, down very slightly from $9.52 billion in the […]