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- Hanford tank contract rivals file revised bids with DOE; AtkinsRéalis seeks appeals court delay
- Speaker in place, House passes key nuclear funding bill with $8.3B for EM
- Senate panel endorses Lee for DNFSB after board loses quorum
- Enviro group seeking EPA documents behind Oak Ridge landfill approval
- Huff hopes first Idaho clean energy project is chosen within a year
- Component replacement during IWTU outage will stretch over several weeks
- Idaho shipments to WIPP could decline in 2024 as budget limbo plays factor
- WIPP utility shaft hits paydirt, nearly 2,300 feet deep
- Decontamination showers dispute won’t stymie Hanford disposal permit
- After final RFP, DOE to interview key personnel of West Valley bidders in person
- Aptim-Amentum team wins $96M contract to take down old reactor in Alaska
- Former DOE cleanup lead tapped as interim engineering dean at Florida International University
- Wrap Up: Higher SWPF output sought in 2024; Paducah adds more EV chargers; Piketon mayor slot contested
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- Feds, ISP seek rehearing of court decision that killed NRC-licensed interim spent fuel storage
- House, with new speaker, passes bill with DOE nuclear budget
- House subcommittee approves several nuclear policy bills
- Huff hopes first Idaho clean energy project is chosen within a year
- Round up: Fukushima decom accident; U.K. report; Canadian low-level waste plant; RIP Christian Poindexter
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- Feds, ISP seek rehearing of court decision that killed NRC-licensed interim spent fuel storage
- Huff hopes first Idaho clean energy project is chosen within a year
- Component replacement during IWTU outage will stretch over several weeks
- Navy Officials call for AUKUS-enabling legislation to keep complicated sub deal on schedule
- Explosions damage western Ukraine nuclear power plant
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- WIPP utility shaft hits paydirt, nearly 2,300 feet deep
- House subcommittee to continue mark up of nuclear policy bills on Wednesday
- South Carolina gov’s nuclear panel to brief public on plutonium pit production Thursday
- Former DOE cleanup lead tapped as interim engineering dean at Florida International University
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- Conventional underground explosion in Nevada helps U.S. worldwide nuke detection
- After final RFP, DOE to interview key personnel of West Valley bidders in person
- Aptim-Amentum team wins $96M contract to take down old reactor in Alaska
- DOE nuclear boss Huff, young Oppenheimer among speakers for INL Cleanup to Clean Energy session
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- Hanford’s pre-treated waste might not meet vit plant criteria
- Small, woman-owned Virginia biz claims $208M Hanford occupational health contract
- DOE kicks off clean energy market research at Idaho, Savannah River
- WIPP continues brisk shipment pace in September
- Holtec exec upbeat on nuclear operations; USEA panelists discuss small modular reactors
- GAO wants Army Corps to get a handle on rising FUSRAP liability
- 9th Circuit panel considers if Sandia scientist’s retirement was voluntary
- Wrap Up: Fluor unit lands UK contract, indictment alleges nuclear parts kickbacks, study out on culling wild pigs around SRS
- No new recliner: 30 minutes with Jessie Hill Roberson, DNFSB, retired
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- Expenses of Palisades restart detailed in FOIA trove shared by antinukers
- Indian Point spent fuel now in dry storage, state agency says
- NRC officially snuffs antinukers’ blitz on Diablo Canyon spent fuel installation
- Holtec exec upbeat on nuclear operations; USEA panelists discuss small modular reactors
- Bailly taking over as head of SONGS decommissioning
- Round up: Atlas rides the rails; another Fukushima seafood ban; Finnish low-level waste; IAEA praise for Italy, Netherlands
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 40
Read Full Issue- NNSA kicks can on facility crucial to disposing of old warhead cores
- Bi-partisan support for strategic posture report in Senate Armed Services Committee hearing
- No more bilateral treaties; stealth negotiation will key future arms control, ex-State advisor says
- Scorpius imager possible this decade, Sandia says
- And then there were 2 board members at DNFSB
- Senators want to see study about nuclear submarine industry now
- Wrap up: Indictment alleges nuclear parts kickbacks, NA-1 on energy, climate security; Groundbreaking for Y-12 Lithium; Award for Budil
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- Holtec exec upbeat on nuclear operations; USEA panelists discuss small modular reactors
- Senators want to see study about nuclear submarine industry now
- DOE kicks off clean energy market research at Idaho, Savannah River
- Indian Point spent fuel now in dry storage, state agency says
- Corps briefs public on Niagara Falls Storage Site remediation plan
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- With Roberson’s retirement, DNFSB will lose quorum
- Expenses of Palisades restart detailed in FOIA trove shared by antinukers
- NRC commissioners to address enviros’ attack on Diablo Canyon spent fuel facility
- No more bilateral treaties; stealth negotiation will key future arms control, ex-State advisor says
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- Appeals court declines to combine Hanford contract dispute with another case
- Presentation details Jacobs government contracting biz, now on the sales block
- Ex-DNFSB tech director lands DOE health safety post, board seeks to fill slots
- No deal yet, but New Mexico, DOE discuss ‘conceptual agreement’ on new cleanup order
- Idaho National Lab clean energy industry day scheduled in October
- DOE takes comment on Hanford 5-year plan, sets Oct. 24 meeting
- North Wind’s ETEC environmental task order extended by DOE
- Mediator appointed in Portsmouth wrongful death case
- ‘Richland’ nuclear documentary opens in Washington state
- Wrap Up: N3B finishes DP Road work; North Wind taps regional boss; HII adds to board and more
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- New Mexico lawmakers hear about state enforcement of, possible lawsuit over, interim storage ban
- NRC sends enviros’ Diablo Canyon shutdown request to commission staff
- Decom site for former nuclear-Navy barge safe for other uses, NRC finds after review of contractor data
- NRC failures with non-power reactors led to potential public health threats, inspector general says
- North Wind appoints new Northeastern boss
- Round up: First day for new DOE waste guy; V.C. Summer substantial violation; Canadian radwaste; more
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 39
Read Full Issue- Report: Crossed wires inside nuke make it past Pantex quality control inspection
- Centrus begins HALEU enrichment at Portsmouth Site
- Environmentalists, locals, say NNSA left crucial documents out of decision record for pits
- DOE probe finds no fault with nuclear courier’s time off practices
- Y-12 clears way for new, safer uranium purification process for nuclear weapons work
- Fluor naval propulsion contract extended through 2028
- Ex-DNFSB tech director lands DOE health safety post, board seeks to fill slots
- New IAEA team arrives at Ukrainian nuclear plant with Japanese-donated armored vehicles
- Wrap up: House panel backs nuke modernization; GOP Senators ask for Iran nuke update; Antis denounce LANL pit production and more
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- Centrus begins HALEU enrichment at Portsmouth Site
- Report: Crossed wires inside nuke make it past Pantex quality control inspection
- Appeals court declines to combine Hanford contract dispute with another case
- No deal yet, but New Mexico, DOE discuss ‘conceptual agreement’ on new cleanup order
- Y-12 clears way for new, safer uranium purification process for nuclear weapons work
- NRC failures with non-power reactors led to potential public health threats, inspector general says
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- New Mexico lawmakers hear from state enforcement agency about interim storage ban
- Presentation details Jacobs government contracting biz, now on the sales block
- Mediator appointed in Portsmouth wrongful death case
- Decom site for former nuclear-Navy barge safe for other uses, NRC finds after review of contractor data
- New IAEA team arrives at Ukrainian nuclear plant with Japanese-donated armored vehicles
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- DOE probe finds no fault with nuclear courier’s time off practices
- NRC sends enviros’ Diablo Canyon shutdown request to commission staff
- Middle DP Road cleanup complete, N3B says
- Idaho National Lab clean energy industry day scheduled in October
- Interim Magnox chief executive becomes permanent boss
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- Amentum, financial groups reported to be in hunt for Jacobs’ government contracting biz
- Registration error should not sink $45B Hanford tank contract, winning bidder tells court
- It’s official, WIPP receives 10-year permit renewal from New Mexico
- Portsmouth, Paducah contracts extended by DOE; agency tight-lipped about follow-up award
- West Valley draft RFP presentation draws big crowd
- WIPP shipments hit post-2014 high in fiscal 2023
- Carlsbad not looking for WIPP to add waste treatment
- Wind, solar companies among those window-shopping Hanford clean energy potential
- GAO says DOE needs better measure of direct nuclear cleanup spending
- Grout could be cheaper than glass for much Hanford low-level tank waste, GAO says
- Hearing set Oct. 30 in Butte County case against DOE over INL storage
- Coal phased out, greenhouse emissions slashed at Savannah River Site, report finds
- Wrap Up: DOE expands Idaho landfill; DNFSB seeks ops director; Orano makes changes
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 38
Read Full Issue- Savannah River plutonium facility half designed, aiming for construction completion in 2032
- Honeywell playing potential Pantex bid close to the chest
- Y-12, Pantex, other NNSA sites challenged with inexperienced workforce as modernization challenges loom
- United Kingdom awards contracts for Australian nuclear-powered attack submarine
- Navy successfully fires off 191st unarmed Trident II SLBM
- DNFSB continues hunt for operations director
- Wrap up: Russia considers abandoning nuke test treaty; IAEA counterterrorism center opens; NNSA makes $2.5M in grants and more
- NNSA won’t have tech to verify Russian nuke forces in time for New START successor treaty
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- Ex-Orano man is new assistant secretary for spent fuel
- Holtec forming Palisades operating company; needs big DOE loan, NRC approval, for restart
- PG&E enters fray in Ninth Circuit lawsuit about proposed Diablo Canyon extension
- Enviros say claims about Diablo Canyon 1 embrittlement too urgent for NRC staff
- EnergySolutions getting into nuclear-plant parts fabrication
- Round up: Holtec begins Palisades regulatory slog; Vistra takes over ailing midwest nuke plants; Orano USA executive shuffle; more
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- Savannah River plutonium facility half designed, aiming for construction completion in 2032
- Y-12, Pantex, other NNSA sites challenged with inexperienced workforce as modernization challenges loom
- Portsmouth, Paducah contracts extended by DOE; agency tight-lipped about follow-up award
- Enviros say claims about Diablo Canyon 1 embrittlement too urgent for NRC staff
- Wind, solar companies among those window-shopping Hanford clean energy potential
- West Valley draft RFP presentation draws big crowd
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- WIPP shipments hit post-2014 high in fiscal 2023
- Holtec forming Palisades operating company; needs big DOE loan, NRC approval, for restart
- EnergySolutions getting into nuclear-plant parts fabrication
- DOE kicks off major expansion of Idaho National Laboratory landfill
- Hearing set Oct. 30 in Butte County case against DOE over INL storage
- Columbia submarine construction continues under stopgap budget
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- Holtec to meet again with NRC staff Tuesday about Palisades restart
- GAO says DOE needs better measure of direct nuclear cleanup spending
- PG&E enters fray in Ninth Circuit lawsuit about proposed Diablo Canyon extension
- Near-shutdown scuttles advisory chairs meeting set for this week
- Navy successfully fires off 191st unarmed Trident II SLBM
- United Kingdom awards contracts for Australian nuclear-powered attack submarine
- DNFSB continues hunt for operations director
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- Ex-Orano man is new assistant secretary for spent fuel
- Grout could be cheaper than glass for much Hanford low-level tank waste, GAO says
- NNSA won’t have tech to verify Russian nuke forces in time for New START successor treaty
- Coal phased out, greenhouse emissions slashed at Savannah River Site, report finds
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- Feds could ask for do-over of hearing that sank commercial interim storage
- DOE, contractors, would keep working after shutdown, but travel would be restricted
- NRC staff move to intercept environmentalist plea that commissioners force Diablo Canyon Unit 1 offline
- Diablo Canyon appeals court arguments possible early next year
- Holtec prepares for demolition of tanks, reactor vessel at Pilgrim; 80% of plant demolished
- Round up: Emptying Vermont Yankee; Fukushima tritium measurements; More big salary cuts proposed for Biden cabinet; Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) dead at 90
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- DOE must act first on Hanford tank contract, Justice says
- DOE, contractors, would keep working after shutdown, but travel would be restricted
- Cleanup won’t go away after NNSA takes over Savannah River, DOE manager says
- SRS crews prepare to open, treat problem container rejected by WIPP
- New Mexicans voice support for toughened WIPP permit, urge enforcement
- Chemical safety changes sought by DOE at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
- SRS prime starts long-term task order that includes bulk of liquid-waste cleanup
- Nevada Site continues to diversify its power supply, report finds
- DOE funds $54M worth of joint efforts with states, other groups
- Wrap: Another ORNL reactor comes down; Bechtel opens Knoxville office; Sen. Feinstein dies at 90; Granholm salary targeted
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 37
Read Full Issue- NNSA delivering rehabbed B61 bombs to Air Force for F-35 nuke mission
- Convicted nuclear sub espionage accomplice argues 22-year sentence unconstitutional
- Pendulum swinging back to weapons mission at Savannah River, where NNSA’s takeover is coming into focus
- DOE, contractors, would keep working after shutdown, but travel would be restricted
- NNSA employee working on W88 bypassed computer restrictions by using sub’s email, office
- NNSA investigating loss of criticality controls at Y-12 uranium processing facility
- BWXT pairs with Crowley to develop deployable ship-based military microreactors
- Inspection turns up safety system concerns at Sandia’s Annular Core Reactor in New Mexico
- Wrap up: Commercial fusion by 2033?; New countries sign nuke treaties; GOP attempts to slash Granholm salary and more
