Vol. 26, No. 36 
BWXT asks NRC for lighter punishment, no fines, over fatal fire in Lynchburg
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA removed former Savannah River plutonium from Nevada site, Senator says
The National Nuclear Security Administration removed a tranche of weapon useable plutonium from the Nevada National Security Site after a roughly three-year layover, Nevada’s senior U.S. Senator said Friday. The nuclear weapons agency moved the plutonium to the test site in 2018 after the state of South Carolina successfully sued the government for keeping the […]
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Budget & Policy
Ex-gov officials tell Senate Armed Services Committee to stay course on nuke modernization
Ex-government officials this week urged the Senate Armed Services Committee to support continued modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons and production infrastructure in the face of a rising China and a hostile Russia. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chair of the committee that sets policy for defense agencies including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Tuesday […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Key movement on Savannah River contract talks expected within months
ARLINGTON, VA — Talks about the contractual future of the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, ongoing for years between the Office of Environmental Management and the semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, could bear fruit within three months, the head of the cleanup office said here Thursday. William (Ike) White made the remark Thursday during […]
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Budget & Policy
Appropriator expects stopgap federal budget to begin fiscal ’23
ARLINGTON, VA —A Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee predicted here Thursday there will be a continuing budget resolution to keep the Department of Energy and the other federal agencies running beyond the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. “We are not going to shut the government down,” Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.) said […]
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Budget & Policy
Full Senate to vote on NDAA before midterm elections, Schumer says
Senate leadership is planning for the upper chamber to remain in session in October and take up the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday at a press conference A recess had been expected in the early part of October to allow Senators to leave Washington and campaign […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Sentinel ICBM is ‘real,” Northrop exec says after company produces first inert stages
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Sentinel, the next nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile, is a “real program,” a senior executive with the rocket’s prime contractor said here Wednesday at an industry conference. “Just yesterday we announced … the casting for the first and the second stage [Sentinel rocket] motors,” James Kowalski, vice president of government programs at […]