Vol. 28, No. 42 
CNS submitted new rebaseline for UPF, project manager says
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Budget & Policy
At annual industry show, House appropriator says election may affect budget, Y-12, UPF come December
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) told the Monitor here Tuesday that “regardless” of what happens election night Congress needs to get the budget done by Dec. 20. “It’s my hope that we can conference our appropriations bills with the Senate and get a budget passed by Dec. 20,” Fleischmann told the Monitor. “I […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Oak Ridge kicked off property transfer process for Orano, manager says
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Orano-USA has started the property transfer and licensing process for its planned uranium enrichment plant at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site, the site’s top federal cleanup official said here Wednesday. Orano-USA announced in September that Oak Ridge was its “preferred site” for its uranium enrichment plant that it would build […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
New Mexico anti proposes solution for dispute in pit lawsuit: cancel Los Alamos factory
To avoid delaying construction of a plutonium pit factory in South Carolina and still comply with a judicial order in an antinuclear coalition’s lawsuit, the federal government could cancel a companion pit plant in New Mexico, an antinuclear activist said Wednesday. In September, the National Nuclear Security Administration lost a lawsuit against a group of […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus has loss in third quarter
Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., had a net loss in the third quarter, which the uranium broker and enrichment technology developer attributed in part to costs associated with a Department of Energy uranium contract. Centrus lost about $5 million, or $0.30 a share, in the third quarter, compared with earnings of about $8.2 million or […]
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National Laboratories
Protesters reportedly marched against LANL powerline project Oct. 25
Community members from Santa Fe, N.M., marched Oct. 25 to protest a project by Los Alamos National Laboratory that would build a power line through the Caja del Rio Plateau, local media reported. Pueblo tribe members and other community members walked through Santa Fe, from the County Administration Building to the National Nuclear Security Administration […]
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Budget & Policy
Ex-Trump DOE chief to depart electric utility group EEI
Dan Brouillette, who served as secretary of energy under President Donald Trump, announced Monday he intends to leave as president and CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, the advocacy group for investor-owned utilities in the United States. Brouillette, who was chosen to lead the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) a little more than a year ago, […]
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Transuranic Waste
New WIPP ventilation system on track for 2026
The Department of Energy is on track to start operation of a major new underground ventilation system for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico in 2026, managers for DOE and the disposal site contractor said last week. Construction and integrated system testing is complete for the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) at […]
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International
Israel reportedly attacked facilities linked to Iran’s nuclear program
Over the weekend, Israel attacked two Iranian military bases, one of which the International Atomic Energy Agency suspected is linked to Tehran’s nuclear program, media reported. Iran’s Parchin military base southeast of the capital in Tehran was used to test high explosives for use in nuclear weapons, the Washington-based nonprofit Institute for Science and International […]
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Defense & Military
Wrap up: PanTeXas Deterrence takes over; North Korea fires ICBM; Zaporizhzhya loses power again; Senators push OMB to assess new sub funding idea
PanTeXas Deterrence was to take over management for the Pantex Plant on Friday, Nov. 1, completing the transition from Consolidated Nuclear Security as the prime contractor for the lab in Amarillo, Texas. Colby Yeary, the site manager for CNS at the Pantex Plant, confirmed that the transition would be complete this week when he spoke […]