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- Despite opportunity for Palisades restart in second round of plant bailouts, Holtec exploring other options
- At DOE, consent-based siting success takes many forms
- No replacement yet for disgraced spent fuel lead, head of DOE nuclear energy office says
- National call for interim storage volunteers could include more cash, NE-8 Petry says
- NRC unsure if it will require approval of power-plant decommissioning plans
- NRC clears hurdle for Diablo Canyon extension, rules plant can run on expired license
- NM bill a threat to Holtec interim storage project, company exec says
- California Energy Commission recommends Diablo Canyon life extension
- NEI spent fuel lead ‘optimistic’ U.S. could have geologic repository by 2059
- Advanced reactor operators, ratepayers likely to saddle costs of spent fuel storage, Orano tech expert says
- NRC okays final decommissioned status for La Crosse nuke plant
- Shakir out at Westinghouse
- Wrap-up: Nuclear contributes to largest net generating change since ‘03; Constellation touts nuclear performance during winter weather; Orano’s new decom tech
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- COVID fades, workforce issues and interest in new nuclear generate WMS buzz
- Nuclear cleanup boss White talks IWTU startup, other milestones, at Waste Management
- Liquid-waste roundup: Hanford glass unlikely in 2023; Small IWTU leak; Salt waste behind pace
- DOE targeting return to pre-2014 WIPP shipment levels
- New WIPP ventilation system to switch on by 2026
- Paducah landlord contract ‘unique,’ DOE manager says, stay tuned for final decision
- UCOR boss touts progress on taking down aging structures at Y-12, Oak Ridge Lab
- Winning backing for Oak Ridge landfill was tough, House appropriator tells conference
- Close cooperation between DOE, contractors helped Hanford ride out wind storm
- DOE reups EnergySolutions, Waste Control Specialists for low-level, other waste
- Wrap Up: West Valley intertwined with Cold War; N3B pipe digging to resume; Hanford employee douses small fire
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 09
Read Full Issue- Livermore director testifies to Congress about ‘significant’ promise of ‘feasible’ fusion energy
- Russia officially suspends New START treaty, State spox says
- Biden signs classified memo with new guidelines for radioactive, nuclear-material nonproliferation
- Uranium chips in hood caused fire that prompted evacuation of key Y-12 weapons facility
- DOE releases compilation of contribution to Ukraine resistance
- Round up: The hard fight for waste at Y-12; Quantum leap for SNL official; NRC paves way for medical isotope production
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- California Energy Commission recommends Diablo Canyon life extension
- UCOR boss touts progress on taking down aging structures at Y-12, Oak Ridge Lab
- DOE targeting return to pre-2014 WIPP shipment levels
- National call for interim storage volunteers could include more cash, NE-8 Petry says
- At DOE, consent-based siting success takes many forms
- Close cooperation between DOE, vit-plant contractors helped Hanford ride out wind storm
- DOE reups EnergySolutions, Waste Control Specialists for low-level, other waste
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- Liquid-waste roundup: Hanford glass unlikely in 2023; Small IWTU leak; Salt waste behind pace
- Shakir out at Westinghouse
- Livermore director testifies to Congress about ‘significant’ promise of ‘feasible’ fusion energy
- Paducah landlord contract ‘unique,’ DOE manager says, stay tuned for final decision
- Advanced reactor operators, ratepayers likely to saddle costs of spent fuel storage, Orano tech expert says
- NRC unsure if it will require approval of power-plant decommissioning plans
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- Nuclear cleanup boss White talks March IWTU startup, other milestones, at Waste Management
- New WIPP ventilation system could be operating in 25-26 timeframe
- NM bill a threat to Holtec interim storage project, company exec says
- Bill blocking Holtec interim storage site clears NM House government committee
- Winning backing for Oak Ridge landfill was tough, House appropriator tells conference
- No replacement yet for disgraced spent fuel lead, head of DOE nuclear energy office says
- NEI spent fuel lead ‘optimistic’ U.S. could have geologic repository by 2059
- US still waiting for Russia to explain what Moscow’s suspension of last nuke treaty means
- LLNL director headed to Washington for hearing on tech joust with China
- NY lawmakers introduce bill blocking wastewater discharge from Indian Point decom site
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- Energy Communities urges DOE to use revamped high-level waste policy to speed disposal
- Net earnings dip at BWXT amid hiring headaches
- Final Hanford medical RFP hits the street; new deal would cover vit plant workers
- Fluor earnings rise during quarter, year, although Mission Solutions down
- Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
- AECL plans March site tour for prospective bidders for Canadian lab contract
- Profits fall at Centrus but uranium biz and DOE contracting stayed strong in 2022
- WIPP still studying fire safety hazards of lithium-battery electric vehicles, DNFSB says
- Small blazes not unusual at weapons complex sites, DOE review finds
- Wrap Up: No injuries from Y-12 fire; $50M tech support biz awarded; Pro2Serve appoints new board member; Paducah crews make deactivation headway
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- Progressive Rep. Ocasio Cortez talks up spent fuel reprocessing during Japan trip
- Leveraging federal tax credits, Constellation to invest $800M in Braidwood, Byron nuke plants
- Diablo Canyon license extension perfectly legal, PG&E tells NRC
- Spent fuel milestone reached at Indian Point decom site, Holtec says
- High labor costs, low revenue contributed to 2022 loss for Constellation Energy
- Wrap-up: Vegas paper likens Ohio train derailment to Yucca Mountain; 15,000 oppose Pilgrim wastewater discharge; IAEA recaps year of Ukraine nuclear threats
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 08
Read Full Issue- Court will wait until late summer to decide fate of S.C. pit plant lawsuit
- Russia to ‘suspend’ participation in New START but stick to treaty’s warhead limits
- No injuries after fire at Y-12 uranium building, site says
- Small blazes not unusual at weapons complex sites, DOE review finds
- Net earnings dip at BWXT amid hiring headaches
- Fluor earnings rise during quarter, year, although Mission Solutions down
- Profits fall at Centrus but uranium biz and DOE contracting stayed strong in 2022
- Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
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- No injuries after fire at Y-12 uranium building, site says
- Small blazes not unusual at weapons complex sites, DOE review finds
- Diablo Canyon license extension perfectly legal, PG&E tells NRC
- Profits fall at Centrus but uranium biz and DOE contracting stayed strong in 2022
- Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
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- Russia to ‘suspend’ participation in New START but stick to treaty’s warhead limits
- Leveraging federal tax credits, Constellation to invest $800M in Braidwood, Byron nuke plants
- High labor costs, low revenue contributed to 2022 loss for Constellation Energy
- WIPP still studying fire safety hazards of lithium-battery electric vehicles, DNFSB says
- AECL plans March site tour for prospective bidders for Canadian lab contract
- Pro2Serve appoints new board member, re-ups another
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 07
Read Full Issue- Delays mount for underground lab upgrades seen as critical for new Navy nuke
- Shifting military requirements changed design of new ICBM pit; first unit delayed
- Possible to get 30 pits at Los Alamos before 2030, lab director says
- 80-plus pits needed annually in future; Savannah River to pick up the slack, NNSA admin says
- NNSA aims to get solicitation out for Y-12 before presidential election
- New Livermore ‘model contract’ could help shape coming competition for Pantex, NNSA official says
- Livermore’s next subcritical test coming this year
- Reporter’s notebook: Nuclear Deterrence Summit, 2023
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- IWTU starts up with simulant; ‘real waste’ ops planned next month in Idaho
- NMED wants to tap breaks on injection wells for chromium plume
- DOE gets until February 2028 to fix vapor threat at Hanford
- WIPP starts 2023 with a busy January, 31 shipments
- New Mexico agrees to extend WIPP permit comment period into April
- DOE blasts North Wind safety at Moab; proposes $265K fine after worker’s fingers severed
- Mercury treatment plant contractor extended into May
- Huntington Ingalls touts fourth quarter; 2022 earnings results
- Leidos enjoys strong quarter; CEO plans for government shutdown, just in case
- Parsons earnings nearly flat in Q4 but rise for 2022
- Wrap Up: West Valley RFI issued; Amentum security biz boss departs; DOE plans small biz meetups; winter lingers at LANL; $100K planned for minority students
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- Tenth Circuit scraps NM interim storage suit
- NV lawmakers reintroduce Yucca-killing consent-based siting legislation
- NM Senate passes bill blocking Holtec interim storage site
- Enviros petition NRC for details on Holtec’s Palisades restart plan
- NRC greenlights Church Rock waste disposal plan
- Income up at Entergy thanks to Palisades, Big Rock Point sales
- NRC weighing 40-year extension for Holtec spent fuel cask design certs
- Wrap-up: ANS recommends geologic repository standards; IAEA director meets with Russian officials; SCE pushes back on enviros over San Onofre shutdown
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- Delays mount for underground lab upgrades seen as critical for new Navy nuke
- Livermore’s next subcritical test coming this year
- NRC greenlights Church Rock waste disposal plan
- Mercury treatment plant contractor extended into May
- NV lawmakers reintroduce Yucca-killing consent-based siting legislation
- Parsons earnings nearly flat in Q4 but rise for 2022
- Los Alamos shivers under winter weather
- Publication Notice
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- NNSA aims to get solicitation out for Y-12 before presidential election
- Shifting military requirements changed design of new ICBM pit; first unit delayed
- Possible to get 30 pits at Los Alamos before 2030, lab director says
- 80-plus pits needed annually in future; Savannah River to pick up the slack, NNSA admin says
- NM Senate passes bill blocking Holtec interim storage site
- Leidos enjoys strong quarter; CEO plans for government shutdown, just in case
- Huntington Ingalls touts fourth quarter; 2022 earnings results
- Enviros petition NRC for details on Holtec’s Palisades restart plan
- DOE cleanup office plans one-on-one sessions with small biz
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- Startup of IWTU imminent at Idaho National Lab, state stays
- New Livermore ‘model contract’ could help shape coming competition for Pantex, NNSA official says
- New Mexico agrees to extend WIPP permit comment period into April
- DOE blasts North Wind safety at Moab; proposes $265K fine after worker’s fingers severed
- Holtec secures 40-year extension on spent fuel cask design certs
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- NMED wants to tap breaks on injection wells for chromium plume
- Amentum national security biz developer stepping down
- DOE gets until February 2028 to fix vapor threat at Hanford
- Tenth Circuit scraps NM interim storage suit
- Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit begins this week in Virginia
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 27 No. 06
Read Full Issue- Longtime government hands leading NNSA takeover of Savannah River
- NNSA releases draft solicitation for seven-year counter-smuggling contract; welcomes small biz
- House committee leaders seek DOE documents about Russian hack that targeted Livermore
- Lawmakers want report about LEU fuel feasibility for future attack sub
- Senate nuclear-weapons panel keeps leaders, has minimal roster changes in 118th Congress
- Jacobs reports strong numbers from continuing ops in first quarter of fiscal 2023
- NucFil, Parajito Scientific Corp., to merge
- Centrus says it can make HALEU at Portsmouth by December
- Second protest for award of DOE National Training Center contract
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- Bechtel’s Salado formally takes control of WIPP
- Longtime government hands leading NNSA takeover of Savannah River
- N3B Los Alamos planning to cut radioactive metal pipes down to size
- Swift & Staley era as Paducah landlord could last into 2024
- Idaho cleanup contract helped boost Jacobs quarterly revenue for government work
- Perma-Fix eager to play wider role at Hanford cleanup following DOE decision
- Minor tweaks continue as IWTU prepared for operational startup
- NucFil, Parajito Scientific Corp., to merge
- Hanford employee medical RFP should be posted before April
- DOE wants to see more rigor in DUF6 safety culture
- K-25 platform bids now due Feb. 15
- Wrap Up: N3B VP goes back to Huntington; DOE EM boss gets sick from CO; UK waste board makes appointment
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- NRC commissioner says Holtec must start ‘from scratch,’ to power up Palisades; Holtec disagrees
- Bill blocking Holtec interim storage site headed to state Senate vote in NM
- DOE seeking consent-based siting czar
- Workers at Pilgrim decom site exposed to ‘unplanned’ rad dose, NRC says in violation notice
- PG&E seeking new members for Diablo Canyon decom panel
- ‘NIMBY opportunism’ hampering private interim storage progress, think tank says
- Nuclear renaissance now or never: 30 minutes with Bradley Crowell, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Wrap-up: EIA says nuclear just 4% of ‘23 generation capacity; No damage to nuke plant construction site after Turkish quakes; Holtec throws in on fusion tech
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- Longtime government hands leading NNSA takeover of Savannah River
- To restart shuttered Palisades plant, Holtec would need to start ‘from scratch,’ NRC commissioner Crowell says
- DOE seeking consent-based siting czar
- Senate nuclear-weapons panel keeps leaders, has minimal roster changes in 118th Congress
- Lawmakers want report about LEU fuel feasibility for future attack sub
- Idaho cleanup contract helped boost Jacobs quarterly revenue for government work
- Second protest for award of DOE National Training Center contract
- ‘NIMBY opportunism’ hampering private interim storage progress, think tank says
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- Bill blocking Holtec interim storage site headed to state Senate vote in NM
- Minor tweaks continue as IWTU prepared for operational startup
- Hanford employee medical RFP should be posted before April
- NNSA releases draft solicitation for seven-year counter-smuggling contract; welcomes small biz
- Jacobs reports strong numbers from continuing ops in first quarter of fiscal 2023
- DOE wants to see more rigor in DUF6 safety culture
- Just 4% of new U.S. generation capacity to come from nuclear in 2023, EIA says
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- Bechtel’s Salado formally takes control of WIPP
- NM Senate committee to vote on latest anti-interim storage bill
- IWTU operation looms at Idaho National Lab, state says
- Swift & Staley era as Paducah landlord could last into 2024
- House committee leaders seek DOE documents about Russian hack that targeted Livermore
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- Feds find much glass from Hanford vit plant can be managed as low-level waste
- Grout is best for low-level waste that direct-feed plant can’t treat, Savannah River lab says
- Back to the future: Bid protest filed in Centerra SRS security award
- Turk unsure if DOE can tackle Mo. school contamination in lieu of Army Corps
- Pragada assumes the reins as Jacobs CEO; CFO transition announced
- WRPS seeks sub for solidified waste containers
- Contractor adds new lawyer as WIPP discrimination trial now expected in May
- Offers, counteroffers made to settle Oak Ridge Lab vax case
- DOE works with Carlsbad, N.M., on electric vehicle charging stations
- Wrap Up: COVID change means little at EM; UCOR ops chief to retire; acting Carlsbad boss starts; SRS deer hunt returns
