Vol. 28, No. 27 
NNSA partners with Los Alamos in largest carbon-free energy procurement ever
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International
IAEA director touts ‘consensus’ with World Bank on nuclear expansion, wants double investment
Meeting IAEA’s 2023 nuclear projections of doubling the world’s nuclear power capacity by 2050 will require doubling investments in nuclear power to $100 billion U.S. dollars annually, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday. Countries seeking to add nuclear energy to their arsenal need technical and financial expertise through deployment of nuclear energy and low […]
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International
NNSA head to discuss nuclear testing ban with diplomats in July
The National Nuclear Security Administration will host diplomats at Sandia National Laboratories and Nevada National Security Sites in July with aims to be transparent about its activities and its moratorium on nuclear testing. The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) labs will host diplomats from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty Organization, as well as the United Arab […]
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Transuranic Waste
Next WIPP town hall session set July 30
The Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico and the prime contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant will hold the next town-hall-style public meeting at the end of July. The hybrid meeting will provide an update on disposal of defense-related transuranic waste and related issues at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), […]
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International
Wrap up: IAEA updated ZNPP statement; arms controllers say nuke testing on ballot; LLNL ranked best environmental scientists
The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that shelling and fire destroyed an external radiation monitoring system last week, the head of the agency said in a press release. ZNPP supposedly lost connection to the monitoring station June 24, a few days after losing power for 16 hours, and could not […]