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- DOE halted work on Hanford Building 324 in April; EPA bristles over lack of consultation
- DOE weighing ‘options’ for Palisades financial aid, official says
- Nuke spending will top $75B per year over next decade, mostly to modernize triad
- Los Alamos crews cut corrugated metal pipes down to size for WIPP shipments
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- DOE plans to hire WCS to move Los Alamos TRU to above-ground storage
- HASC vice chair says nuclear sea-launched cruise missile ‘incredibly important’
- Large, bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers ask NRC to ease license rules for advanced reactors
- Portsmouth and Paducah ops award could be around the corner, sources say
- Portsmouth Tech services RFI comments due Aug. 3
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- Pitches for potential 20-year, $30B Pantex management deal due by Sept. 14
- WIPP continues to outpace 2022; receives 56 shipments during June
- HII, Babcock International sign nuclear decommissioning, construction MOU
- Amentum selects Johnson as new CFO
- DOE to introduce consent based siting consortia in webinar
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- Amentum-led team wins potential $5.9B Portsmouth contract
- Long-stranded TRU waste at WCS could finally head to WIPP in 2026
- Amid Hanford contract fight, DOE to extend WRPS
- Biden sends Lee’s DNFSB nomination to Senate
- Negotiations continue between Feds, New Mexico on Los Alamos cleanup rules
- Stranded waste slated for August return to SRS from WIPP
- Incumbent Fluor-BWXT pockets 95% of its Portsmouth fee, 85% of subjective award
- Senate NDAA bill seeks scrutiny of Hanford vit plant, old buildings, Oak Ridge mercury cleanup
- Hanford crews study options for contamination from partly-flooded building
- MacVean to retire as CEO of Savannah River prime
- Honeywell VP at Savannah River moves to Huntington Ingalls
- Wrap Up: SRS disposal unit approved; DOE shops for tech support; execs appointed to Tenn. nuclear council
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 28
Read Full Issue- NDAA squeaks past House with several nuke-related amendments
- Lawmakers cry foul over NNSA moves to cover Uranium Processing Facility cost overrun
- Senate’s defense policy bill boosts nuke spending, funds sea-launched cruise missile warhead
- Prospective Joint Chiefs Chair will look for gaps in U.S. nuke arsenal, upgrade NNSA stockpile stewardship
- NNSA leaders meet at ‘frontline’ of nuclear smuggling
- Hotter-than-normal weather, little rain place Los Alamos under fire restrictions
- Biden sends Lee’s DNFSB nomination to Senate
- Wrap up: Wagner almost bags backpack nukes; Savannah river personnel shakeup; G7 condemns Pyongyang missile launch and more
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- Holtec overvalued itself in investor pitch; interim storage a money pit, ex-CFO says in lawsuit
- Feds not liable for utility’s pass-through of nuclear-fuel storage cost to customers, judge says
- Ohio budget creates new state nuke agency to promote advanced reactors, waste handling
- Feds urge Idaho federal district court to dismiss Butte County’s case against DOE
- Group gets about another $500k for more work on Diablo Canyon environmental impact report
- A year out of the merchant biz, Entergy announces slate of executive changes, promotions
- Round up: Canadian non-fuel waste rec; Japanese seafood ban; Trump and DeSantis on Yucca; more
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- Amid Hanford contract fight, DOE to extend WRPS
- Biden sends Lee’s DNFSB nomination to Senate
- Stranded waste slated for August return to SRS from WIPP
- Joint Chiefs chair nominee will look for gaps in U.S. nuke arsenal, upgrade NNSA stockpile stewardship
- Group gets about another $500k for more work on Diablo Canyon environmental impact report
- A year out of the merchant biz, Entergy announces slate of executive changes, promotions
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- Senate’s defense policy bill boosts nuke spending, funds sea-launched cruise missile warhead
- Nuclear detection, defense microreactor amendments make it into House NDAA
- Incumbent Fluor-BWXT pockets 95% of its Portsmouth fee, 85% of subjective award
- SDU 8 operation approved by DOE at Savannah River Site
- Negotiations continue between Feds, New Mexico on Los Alamos cleanup rules
- Ohio budget creates new state nuke agency to promote advanced reactors, waste handling
- Tech services market research gets underway for Portsmouth, Paducah
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- Holtec overvalued itself in investor pitch; interim storage a money pit, ex-CFO says in lawsuit
- MacVean to retire as CEO of Savannah River prime
- Honeywell VP at Savannah River moves to Huntington Ingalls
- Record 1500 NDAA amendments include deadline extension for plutonium pit production
- WIPP community forum coming up in Albuquerque
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- Feds urge Idaho federal district court to dismiss Butte County’s case against DOE
- Hanford crews study options for contamination from partly-flooded building
- NNSA leaders meet at ‘frontline’ of nuclear smuggling
- Hotter-than-normal weather, little rain place Los Alamos under fire restrictions
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- Nuclear plant force-on-force exercises bounced back in post-COVID 2022, NRC says
- NRC down to four; Baran’s term lapses after Senate runs out the clock
- IAEA gives blessing to Fukushima plan to discharge treated water off Japan coast
- IAEA officials find no mines at Europe’s largest, embattled nuclear power plant
- Westinghouse seeks microreactor design approval with Canada, NRC
- Wrap Up: LightBridge, Texas A&M research fuel; NGA center lands DOE nuke funds; Livermore boss honored
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 27
Read Full Issue- Legacy nuke waste gets top priority under new DOE deal with New Mexico
- Savannah River hiring logistics specialists for large construction project
- IAEA officials find no mines at Europe’s largest, embattled nuclear power plant
- Honeywell sells stake in Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
- Nuclear plant force-on-force exercises returned big time in 2022, NRC says
- Quigley appointed new NNSA deputy acquisition official
- Wrap up: Livermore leader awarded; supercomputers installed; Belarus president has veto over Russian nuke use; Oppenheimer practical nuke explosion and more
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- Fight over $45B Hanford tank contract could end up back in federal court
- Honeywell sells its stake in Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
- DOE suspends work at Hanford’s 324 building as more contamination found
- Feds dispute state power to require decontamination showers at Hanford disposal site
- DOE starts market research from scratch on new Paducah landlord contract
- Wrap Up; Org chart changes at West Valley; governors group gets grant; Westinghouse files papers on microreactors
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- IAEA officials find no mines or explosives at Europe’s largest, embattled nuclear power plant
- Honeywell sells stake in Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
- IAEA gives blessing to Fukushima plan to discharge treated water off Japan coast
- Westinghouse seeks microreactor design approval with Canada, NRC
- National Governors group receives DOE grant to work on nuclear cleanup issues
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- DOE suspends work at Hanford’s 324 building as more contamination found
- NRC down to four; Baran’s term lapses after Senate runs out the clock
- Savannah River hiring logistics specialists for large construction project
- DOE starts market research from scratch on new Paducah landlord contract
- DOE appoints co-deputy directors at West Valley
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 26
Read Full Issue- Los Alamos wants to speed glovebox buying, widen supplier base
- New WIPP permit prioritizes legacy waste over incoming flood from pit production
- NNSA plans two subcritical explosive tests at Nevada in fiscal 2024
- Senate committee’s defense bill in line with House committee’s; $24B for nukes
- Reactor supply okay ahead of Navy’s historic boat-building boom, admiral says
- Wrap up: Sandia remote work; Pantex and Y-12 awards; bureaucratic musical chairs; ‘Barbenheimer’ and more
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- New Mexico, DOE strike deal on new WIPP permit
- Acting boss Ike White hits work anniversary at EM
- DOE resumes long-delayed heatup of melter at Hanford vit plant
- Longtime fed returns to DOE cleanup office from NRC to work on ‘clean energy’
- Portsmouth union rep warns of staffing crunch; says no labor deal yet ahead of DOE award
- Deadline extended on DOE expression of interest for cleaning Portsmouth nickel
- Yuletide RFP possible for next phase of West Valley cleanup
- FUSRAP funding drops to $200M in fiscal 2024 under bill passed by House Appropriations
- Longtime fed Hendrickson, now working as Canadian nuke lab exec
- IWTU has converted 21,000 gallons of waste so far, DOE says
- Hawley seeks oversight hearing on Granholm financial holdings
- Wrap Up: Hot, hazy weather week at some sites; ‘Soft skills’ training set for WIPP bosses; EnergySolutions gets new CFO
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- Michigan legislature approves $150M for Palisades restart
- Senate leaves town without voting on Baran for NRC; commissioner’s term expires Friday
- NRC board should decide fate of environmentalist blockade of Diablo Canyon fuel facility this summer
- Comments due in August for NRC guidance on equipment replacements with trust fund dollars
- Ohio pol gets 20 years for nuclear bribery scheme
- New CFO at EnergySolutions
- Longtime fed Hendrickson, now working as Canadian nuke lab exec
- Hawley seeks oversight hearing on Granholm financial holdings
- Round-up: Anti-Yucca NDDA; anti-Palisades letter; new company lawyer at Centrus; nuclear maternity shoot at INL; more
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- NNSA plans two subcritical explosive tests at Nevada in fiscal 2024
- Portsmouth union rep warns of staffing crunch; says no labor deal yet ahead of DOE award
- Antis tell Michigan lawmakers not to fund Palisades restart
- Hawley seeks oversight hearing on Granholm financial holdings
- NuScale stock craters
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- New Mexico, DOE strike deal on new WIPP permit
- Los Alamos wants to speed glovebox buying, widen supplier base
- NRC board should decide fate of environmentalist blockade of Diablo Canyon fuel facility this summer
- Ohio pol to be sentenced for nuclear bribery scheme
- Yuletide RFP possible for next phase of West Valley cleanup
- Deadline extended on DOE expression of interest for cleaning Portsmouth nickel
- DOE plans ‘soft skills’ coaching for Carlsbad bosses
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- DOE resumes long-delayed heatup of melter at Hanford vit plant
- Comments due in August for NRC guidance on equipment replacements with trust fund dollars
- Reactor supply okay ahead of Navy’s historic boat-building boom, admiral says
- Acting boss Ike White hits work anniversary at EM
- Excessive heat warnings in place around WCS, WIPP
- New CFO at EnergySolutions
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- House appropriators want to rearrange Nuclear Energy office’s funding in 2024 spending bill
- Independent nuclear agencies would get requested budgets under House committee’s bill
- NY Gov undecided on bill banning Indian Point wastewater discharges
- EnergySolutions sees Kewaunee as potential home to new nuclear generation
- NAC buys Niagara, sets up Canadian subsidiary
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 25
Read Full Issue- Thirty pits a year by 2030 or sooner; first pit in 2024, Los Alamos weapons chief says
- House Appropriators approve more money for NNSA pits; take from research, nonproliferation
- House Committee nixes plan to repeal binding pit-production targets; authorizes $24B for NNSA
- Employees suing over lost wages restate case against CNS, again seek class-action status
- Honeywell dinged for conducting firearms training at too-hot Kansas City firing range
- Wrap up: NNSA at P5 meeting; Hruby at test ban con; Minimal DOE impact after cyber attack
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- House Apps sends $8.3B DOE nuclear cleanup plan to full chamber
- Hanford grout test advances, DNFSB chair wants full board
- With Los Alamos contract extension, N3B management team overhauled, Lebak returns to HII
- DOE small biz Q&A includes details on Santa Susana work; bids due in July
- WIPP receives 28 shipments during May
- Natural attenuation favored by DOE for groundwater in parts of Oak Ridge uranium enrichment area
- Looking for work? Cleanup sites could hire 40,000 or more in 5 years
- Wrap Up: White awaits SRS report; DOE suffered little impact from cyberattack; NAC buys Canadian biz
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- House Committee nixes plan to repeal binding pit-production targets; authorizes $24B for NNSA
- NY Gov undecided on bill banning Indian Point wastewater discharges
- With Los Alamos contract extension, N3B management team overhauled, Lebak returns to HII
- House committee’s NDAA has $7B-plus for defense environmental
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- House armed services marking up 2024 authorization bill Wednesday with small funding boost for NNSA
- EnergySolutions sees Kewaunee as potential home to new nuclear generation
- Employees suing over lost wages restate case against CNS, again seek class-action status
- DOE small biz Q&A includes details on Santa Susana work; bids due in July
- Looking for work? Cleanup sites could hire 40,000 or more in 5 years
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- WIPP receives 28 shipments during May
- New York lawmakers return to Albany to weigh Indian Point wastewater ban
- Natural attenuation favored by DOE for groundwater in parts of Oak Ridge uranium enrichment area
- NAC buys Niagara, sets up Canadian subsidiary
- Honeywell dinged for conducting firearms training at too-hot Kansas City firing range
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 24
Read Full Issue- Draft 2024 defense authorization bill would block W76-2 retirement, gate NNSA admin’s travel
- Ukrainian dam breach threatens cooling water supply to Europe’s largest nuclear plant
- NRC gives Centrus green light for high assay low-enriched uranium demo
- House’s draft DOE budget has small boost for nuclear weapons modernization
- Livermore, Sandia complete second temperature test of W80-4 warhead
- Wrap up: No TikTok at DOE; NNSA’s sketchy cyber security; global nuke spending and more
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- Waste storage before new plants; more public input for decommissioning, House Dems tell NRC
- On second try, Senate committee approves Baran for five more years at NRC
- NRC would escape spending cuts in FY24 under Republican spending bill
- New York lawmakers could soon return to Albany to ban Indian Point wastewater discharges
- Round up: SONGS decommissioning progress; Machin/Risch nuke export bill; DeSantis wants dump says Trump; more
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