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- IWTU starts running with simulated waste as prelude to rad ops
- Hanford medical provider sold, HPM confirms
- NNSA Administrator: ‘I want to scream from the mountaintop’ no future nuke testing
- Some decommissioning work at Oyster Creek delayed
- DOE renews $3.9-million grant to Energy Communities Alliance
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- DOE to weigh in on New Mexico’s request for quicker WIPP closure, says EM boss White
- Environmental Management’s acting regulatory boss leaves for industry
- NNSA hiring for senior acquisition, construction management positions
- Retooled Capito bill has nuke liability-cap extension, DOE waste reporting, NRC reforms
- Holtec submits EPA permit mod request for Pilgrim wastewater discharge
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- WIPP awaits NRC blessing to send problem waste container back to Savannah River
- NRC to stake out position on using decommissioning funds for equipment replacement
- DOE formally extends Swift & Staley into mid-2024
- Osborne is new CFO for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Cleaning fluid caused 2015 LANL arc-flash that sent two to hospital
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- Savannah River manager to take over NNSA Production Office at Pantex in May
- Holtec happy to help study planned Pilgrim wastewater discharge; won’t fund inquiry
- AECL seeks pre-qualified bidders to compete for new Canadian Nuclear Labs biz
- NNSA and Defense Department efforts to secure nuclear material overlap, GAO finds
- Timeline for Sellafield silo slips due to equipment woes, U.K. agency says
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 13
Read Full Issue- Labor shortage outlasts COVID, delays nuclear-weapons infrastructure, NNSA administrator says
- Senators still favor nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile that was zeroed out in Biden budget
- Centrus may be ready to begin demonstration of uranium-enriching gas centrifuge in May
- Belgium converts medical isotope production to low-enriched uranium, removing proliferation opportunity
- Savannah River transfers first batch of spent uranium from new de-inventory program
- DNFSB still looking for operations exec, board tells Congress in annual report
- Wrap up: Finger amputation investigation; New PNNL lab director; U.S. stops sharing nuke data with Russia and more
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- Savannah River liquid waste timelines ‘moving target’ over years, DOE critic says
- DOE suspending water injection to contain Los Alamos hexavalent chromium
- 5th circuit affirms national injunction against Biden COVID-19 vax mandate
- DOE officially cancels 2020 Swift & Staley Paducah contract
- Perma-Fix hammered in 2022, but COVID pressures eased and Hanford deal looms
- DOE extensions buy time on Portsmouth cleanup, other EM work
- DNFSB still looking for operations exec, board tells Congress in annual report
- Bechtel project manager for Hanford vit plant dies unexpectedly
- Wrap Up: DOE probes SRS accident; Officials laud Idaho milestone; Hawley demands school cleanup; magistrate judge appointed in WIPP case; small biz to build K-25 tower
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- Constellation turns in latest cost estimate for Three Mile Island, updates spent fuel plan
- NRC working response to NM gov’s request to suspend work on Holtec interim storage license
- NY town piles on opposition to Indian Point wastewater discharges
- Agencies brief federal nuke waste board on logistical challenges of consolidating spent fuel
- Leaky pipes replaced at Monticello Nuclear Generating Station
- Perma-Fix hammered in 2022, but COVID pressures eased and Hanford deal looms
- Round up: Michigan delegation against Candian repository; PG&E with fuel-use estimate for Diablo Canyon; New FirstEnergy CEO
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- Senators still favor nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile that was zeroed out in Biden budget
- DOE suspending water injection to contain Los Alamos hexavalent chromium
- Centrus may be ready to begin demonstration of uranium-enriching gas centrifuge in May
- NRC working response to NM gov’s request to suspend work on Holtec interim storage license
- Constellation turns in latest cost estimate for Three Mile Island, updates spent fuel plan
- Magistrate judge appointed in discrimination case against ex-WIPP contractor
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- Labor shortage outlasts COVID, delays nuclear-weapons infrastructure, NNSA administrator says
- NY town piles on opposition to Indian Point wastewater discharges
- Savannah River liquid waste timelines ‘moving target’ over years, DOE critic says
- Belgium converts medical isotope production to low-enriched uranium, removing proliferation opportunity
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- Project manager for Hanford vit plant dies unexpectedly
- New milestone agreement for SRS: liquid waste-tanks to ‘operationally’ close by 2037
- NNSA administrator, military nuclear leaders set to testify before House strategic forces subcommittee
- 5th circuit affirms national injunction against Biden COVID-19 vax mandate
- DOE officially cancels 2020 Swift & Staley Paducah contract
- Perma-Fix hammered in 2022, but COVID pressures eased and Hanford deal looms
- DNFSB still looking for operations exec, board tells Congress in annual report
- NRC inspectors heading to Monticello after another tritium leak shutters plant
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- Granholm upbeat about Hanford vit plant; warns against holding spending to fiscal 2022 levels
- 2,000-gallons of Hanford tank waste can be disposed of as low-level waste, DOE says
- With correct plugs installed, DOE eyes start of ops with 10% radwaste
- Hanford rattled by New Mexico statements on out-of-state waste
- Bechtel takes home 83% of fee for 2022 vit plant work
- Ex-Zahn’s Corner student with cancer sues Portsmouth contractors in federal court
- ‘Department of Everything’ cleanup chairs cover issues from budget-to-Miss America
- DOE to hear from prospective bidders during first reverse industry day in May
- Livermore excess facilities could receive $20 million in fiscal 2024
- Final Hanford cleanup could occur by 2091, budget doc says
- DNFSB continues to work on hiring, agency says in budget request
- Wrap Up: Hanford medical bids now due April 24; Site prep starts at SRS; Idaho lab completes wet-to-dry storage; Police dogs converge on SRS
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 12
Read Full Issue- Biden budget, memo call for reduced reliance on B83 gravity bomb
- Too few employees contributed to delays in Y-12 Uranium Processing Facility
- Lawyers for Y-12 employees withdraw from suit against CNS
- Nuclear sub deal raises questions about Australia’s storage of radioactive waste
- NNSA’s Head of Nuclear Security announces retirement
- Roundup: New High Energy Density report; BG Huser gets second star; Russian nuclear threats and more
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- New Mexico bans spent fuel storage
- Holtec meets with NRC to strategize on path to Palisades restart
- NRC will not make decision on Holtec interim storage license before May
- NRC to begin slate of meetings about proposed change to reactor-renewal environmental review
- Round up: PG&E thinks NRC is ready to move; Xcel on Monticello cleanup; TVA and SMRs; more
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- Secretary of energy to testify in House today about DOE’s 2024 budget request.
- Biden budget, memo call for reduced reliance on B83 gravity bomb
- Holtec meets with NRC to strategize on path to Palisades restart
- Ex-Zahn’s Corner student with cancer sues Portsmouth contractors in federal court
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- Hanford rattled by New Mexico statements on out-of-state waste
- NRC will not make decision on Holtec interim storage license before May
- ‘Department of Everything’ cleanup chairs cover issues from budget-to-Miss America
- Nuclear sub deal raises questions about Australia’s storage of radioactive waste
- Hanford occupational medical bids now due April 24
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- New Mexico law, just signed, bans spent fuel storage
- Bechtel takes home 83% of fee for 2022 vit plant work
- 2,000-gallons of Hanford tank waste can be disposed of as low-level waste, DOE says
- DOE to hear from prospective bidders during first reverse industry day in May
- Lawyers for Y-12 employees withdraw from suit against CNS
- NNSA’s Head of Nuclear Security announces retirement
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 11
Read Full Issue- Australia to buy up to five U.S. nuclear attack subs under AUKUS Deal
- NNSA Nevada upgrades won’t be available for plutonium tests until 2030
- Uranium Processing Facility in ‘28 or ‘29; Los Alamos pits stymied by staff shortfall, NNSA budget doc says
- Funding for nuclear sea-launched cruise missile struck from NNSA budget
- Air Force finishes critical design review for LRSO nuclear cruise missile; production decision by June 2027
- Savannah River cleanup boss talks NNSA move; other issues
- State regulator of Savannah River Site could be split in two
- Wrap up: North Korean nukes; lost Libyan uranium; Manhattan project obit; NNSA in Kazakhstan and more
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- Nuclear energy budget would go down at DOE in fiscal 24; waste management portfolio would be flat
- NRC requests nearly flat budget for 2024
- Bill to block proposed Holtec interim storage site clears final committee in New Mexico House
- Consent-based siting the hard way and the only way for nuclear waste, NRC commissioner says
- Cortez Masto meets assurances about spent fuel cask safety with skepticism
- Householder found guilty in bribery trial; Former Ohio lawmaker passed legislation to save struggling nuclear plants
- NuScale on the hunt for more buyers
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- Hanford spending would hit record $3B under Biden fiscal 2024 request; House hearing next week
- N3B lands another 3 years at Los Alamos; board questions stop-work orders
- Uranium cleanup fund would get big DOE Environmental Management infusion again in fiscal 2024
- Hanford vit plant glass-making expected now by 2025, DOE says in budget doc
- Cesium pretreatment for waste solidification resumes at Hanford Site
- WIPP receives 32 TRU shipments in February; pace still below DOE goals
- WIPP shaft sinking reaches midway point
- Savannah River cleanup boss talks NNSA move; other issues
- State regulator of Savannah River Site could be split in two
- DNFSB budget would rise to $47 million in fiscal 2024, under Biden request
- Wrap Up: RFP lull, see you in September; Ex-WIPP boss joins UCOR; Talks continue on ORNL vax case; Oak Ridge panel gets new members; Oscars ad touts Oppenheimer flick
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- Hanford vit plant glass-making expected now by 2025, DOE says in budget doc
- WIPP receives 32 TRU shipments in February; pace still below DOE goals
- Bill to block proposed Holtec interim storage site clears final committee in New Mexico House
- Consent-based siting the hard way and the only way for nuclear waste, NRC commissioner says
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- NNSA Nevada upgrades won’t be available for plutonium tests until 2030
- Funding for nuclear sea-launched cruise missile struck from NNSA budget
- Nuclear energy budget would go down at DOE in fiscal 24; waste management portfolio would be flat
- State regulator of Savannah River Site could be split in two
- DNFSB budget would rise to $47 million in fiscal 2024, under Biden request
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- Hanford spending in fiscal ‘24 would hit record $3B under Biden budget request
- Uranium Processing Facility in ‘28 or ‘29; Los Alamos pits stymied by staff shortfall, NNSA budget doc says
- Australia to buy up to five Virginia-class nuclear subs under AUKUS deal
- NRC requests nearly flat budget for 2024
- Savannah River cleanup boss talks NNSA move; other issues
- Cesium pretreatment for waste solidification resumes at Hanford Site
- Air Force finishes critical design review for LRSO nuclear cruise missile; production decision by June 2027
- Ex-WIPP boss takes position at UCOR
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- WIPP utility shaft halfway sunk
- Cortez Masto meets assurances about spent fuel cask safety with skepticism
- Householder found guilty in bribery trial; Former Ohio lawmaker passed legislation to save struggling nuclear plants
- Settlement talks grinding on in Oak Ridge Lab vax case, court says
- This week
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- Decade or more til federal interim storage consent; ‘reevaluation’ of link between permanent, interim storage might be good, DOE official tells senators
- NRC dodges enviros’ argument about legality of Diablo Canyon operating extension in detailed agency decision
- Enviros vow to continue fight against TMI-2 decom after NRC kicks out contentions
- Wrap up: Nuclear waste administration act again?; Idaho sues DOE over ‘default repository’ status; too soon to tell on Fukushima decom
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 10
Read Full Issue- U.S. faces low-yield nuclear weapon shortfall against Russia and China, STRATCOM commander says
- Biden Budget Request Boosts NNSA Topline to Nearly $24 Billion
- CNS Launches Hiring Spree to Meet Cybersecurity Needs at NNSA Sites
- NNSA Publishes Fiscal 2022 Site Management Report Cards
- Weapons up, cleanup flat at DOE in Biden’s 2024 budget proposal
- Air Force Fires First Full-Scale Sentinel Solid Rocket Motor
- With threats from China, Russia, Air Force budget will reflect nuclear ‘priority,’ officers say
- Biden selects Savannah River Lab manager as DNFSB nominee
- Wrap up: GAO on NNSA; former SNL director dies at 81; Aussies to pick England for nuke sub; more
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- White House proposes keeping DOE nuclear cleanup flat at $8.3B for fiscal 2024
- Ninth Circuit arguments set in May for COVID vax case by 300-plus Hanford workers
- DOE needs to shoulder social, economic costs of its ‘default repository’ at INL, county alleges in lawsuit
- Simulant leak fixed at Idaho waste treatment unit, DOE says
- Final small-business remediation RFP could hit the street in early April
- DOE procurement officials talk small, disadvantaged biz expansion
- Virtual tours, online DOE procurement meetings won’t go away altogether
- Biden selects Savannah River Lab manager as DNFSB nominee
- S&K gets small extension for continuity at Moab
- Paducah advances plans for taking down, remediating C-400 building
- WRPS hires Richland biz to build new surface barrier at tank farm
- Stay tuned for more DOE direction on PFAS, panel told
- Wrap Up: Ex-Idaho gov dies; Livermore eyes demo; Corps to build site barricade; Amentum HQ moving to Va.; EnergySolutions touts Utah safety; Ex-SRS re-use exec starts firm
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- Simulant leak fixed at Idaho waste treatment unit, DOE says
- DOE needs to shoulder social, economic costs of its ‘default repository’ at INL, county alleges in lawsuit
- With threats from China, Russia, Air Force budget will reflect nuclear ‘priority,’ officers say
- NRC dodges enviros’ argument about legality of Diablo Canyon operating extension in detailed agency decision
- Livermore prime seeks sub for demolition work at laboratory
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- New Mexico nuke storage ban headed for committee vote Wednesday
- Paducah advances plans for taking down, remediating C-400 building
- CNS Launches Hiring Spree to Meet Cybersecurity Needs at NNSA Sites
- Ninth Circuit arguments set in May for COVID vax case by 300-plus Hanford workers
- WRPS hires Richland biz to build new surface barrier at tank farm
