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- IWTU test could conclude by August
- Centerra could provide SRS security until fall 2024
- Australian minister hopes AUKUS submarine partnership will create ‘seamless’ defense industrial base
- Japanese court finds Tokyo Electric execs financially liable for Fukushima disaster
- Sierra Club joins New Mexico to oppose Holtec interim storage in Eddy County
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- NRC staff recommends license for proposed Holtec interim storage site
- In reversal, PG&E to seek federal nuclear credits for Diablo Canyon
- NRC to address Texas AG’s invocation of Supreme Court EPA ruling
- Enviros are latest to invoke Supreme Court EPA ruling against commercial interim storage
- DOE to resume stakeholder working group for spent fuel transport, agency tells NWTRB
- Wrap up: Holtec rules out wastewater transport for Pilgrim
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 28
Read Full Issue- Authorization bill with increased NNSA funding, sea-launched cruise missile, easily passes House
- Bids due soon on uranium sales to NNSA for domestic reserve
- Environmental groups come at NNSA in court again, calling for broad environmental review of pits
- DOE green-lighted DNFSB access to nuclear sites in first half of 2022
- NNSA manager picked as next chief of staff for DOE cleanup office
- Round up: noose-hanger fired at Y-12; Hinderstein in Savannah River; Stewart at State
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- Bechtel wins new $3B WIPP prime contract from DOE
- COVID lingers, more EM sites mask up indoors per CDC guidance
- DUF6 Ops restarting at Portsmouth; Paducah offline after June mishap
- DOE cleanup boss encouraged by IWTU test run, sees operation by year end
- Environmental Management pursuing more coordinated approach to R&D
- DOE starts market research on next Hanford occupational health contract
- SRS ready to skip LEU processing in H Canyon de-inventory, speed process
- South Carolina, DOE investigate spill at Savannah River Site
- Oak Ridge cleanup contractor, sub chided for lax asbestos monitoring in Mouse House
- NNSA manager picked as next chief of staff for DOE cleanup office
- Portsmouth contractors given until late August to respond to wrongful death suit
- DOE green-lighted DNFSB access to nuclear sites in first half of 2022
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- DOE cleanup boss encouraged by IWTU test run, sees operation by year end
- Bigger NNSA budget authorization, SLCM-N appeared certain after day of floor debate in House
- NRC staff recommends license for proposed Holtec interim storage site
- Enviros are latest to invoke Supreme Court EPA ruling against commercial interim storage
- Portsmouth contractors given until late August to respond to wrongful death suit
- DOE cleanup office pursuing more coordinated approach to R&D
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- DUF6 Ops restarting at Portsmouth; Paducah offline after June mishap
- As House debates defense bill, Biden admin repeats call to drop sea-launched nuclear cruise missile
- NRC to publish environmental review for Holtec CISF this week
- DOE ready to skip LEU processing in H Canyon de-inventory, speed process
- South Carolina, DOE investigate spill at Savannah River Site
- NNSA manager picked as next chief of staff for DOE cleanup office
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- Bechtel wins new $3B WIPP prime contract from DOE
- House committee set to approve NDAA amendments Tuesday as partisan fight brews over defense spending
- NRC to address Texas AG’s invocation of Supreme Court EPA ruling
- More EM sites must mask up indoors per CDC guidance
- Bids due soon on uranium sales to NNSA for domestic reserve
- Oak Ridge cleanup contractor, sub chided for lax asbestos monitoring in Mouse House
- DOE to resume stakeholder working group for spent fuel transport, agency tells NWTRB
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 27
Read Full Issue- W80-4, early nuke R&D among 1,000+ amendments filed to House NDAA
- COVID cases at NNSA rose 40% in June; some mask mandates creep back
- Amentum adds new managers
- Honeywell Sandia prime says fired scientist’s suit belongs in federal court
- LLNL eyeing fall start for waste shipments out of Building 332
- New medal for military veterans of atomic tests, cleanup, accidents
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- Complex-wide COVID declines for first time in weeks; Hanford, Los Alamos reimpose restrictions
- Challenge to Savannah River prime’s vax rule voluntarily dismissed in 4th Circuit
- Wrongful death suit against Portsmouth contractors lands in same court as would-be class action
- New Mexico wildfires slow Los Alamos cleanup settlement talks with DOE
- Livermore queuing up review that sets stage for more waste shipments to WIPP
- Honeywell Sandia prime says fired scientist’s suit belongs in federal court
- House appropriators remain concerned about Hanford cleanup cost
- DUF6 workforce currently numbers more than 400
- DOE still has plenty of work to do on big ticket cleanup issues, GAO said
- Amentum adds new managers
- Wrap Up: WIPP cites construction headway; WCS again considered for mercury; Nevada waste disposal rebounds
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- SCOTUS EPA ruling means NRC can’t license temp storage of spent nuclear fuel, Texas says
- Titus offers consent-based siting mandate as defense bill amendment
- In scathing letter, EPA fires back at Holtec claims about Pilgrim wastewater discharge
- Palisades, Big Rock Point sites could host advanced reactors, Holtec says
- Nuclear energy consumption hit new low in ‘21, EIA says
- Congress must act to stop industry ‘tailspin” on spent fuel reprocessing, Curio CEO says
- Wrap Up: WCS sponsors Paducah local event; EU counts nuclear as green tech
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- New Mexico wildfires slow Los Alamos cleanup settlement talks with DOE
- Livermore queuing up review that sets stage for more waste shipments to WIPP
- DOE still has plenty of work to do on big ticket cleanup issues, GAO said
- Honeywell Sandia prime says fired scientist’s suit belongs in federal court
- Congress must act to stop industry ‘tailspin” on spent fuel reprocessing, Curio CEO says
- In scathing letter, EPA fires back at Holtec claims about Pilgrim wastewater discharge
- New medal for military veterans of atomic tests, cleanup, accidents
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- W80-4, early nuke R&D among 1,000+ amendments filed to House NDAA
- Titus offers consent-based siting mandate as defense bill amendment
- With worrisome COVID trends, Hanford, Los Alamos reimpose restrictions
- Nevada Site disposed of 330,000 cubic feet of DOE waste halfway through fiscal 2022
- Nuclear energy consumption hit new low in ‘21, EIA says
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- House appropriators back $7.9B in DOE nuclear cleanup funds as part of spending plan
- Hanford manager says DOE still gunning for glass-making by end of 2023
- Ryan talks DOE Portsmouth contamination, reindustrialization during hearing
- DNFSB would receive $41 million under House subcommittee proposal
- Favorable ruling for Biden’s federal vax mandate vacated; entire Appeals court to to rehear case
- Browder taking CEO post at Pro2Serve
- Murray plugs toxic exposure bill after high court’s Hanford decision
- Wrap Up: Oak Ridge tech RFP expected in fall; New Mexico lands grants; lab news
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- House appropriators moving forward with Biden interim storage funding shuffle
- House lawmakers rail against private interim storage during FY2023 budget debate
- DOE grants nuke credits extension for PG&E as Calif weighs cash for Diablo Canyon life support
- DOE hires nuclear waste advocate, LGBTQ ally Brinton to run spent fuel, waste programs
- Holtec, Entergy finalize Palisades nuclear plant sale
- NRC updates its docs as EnergySolutions, Dominion lock in Kewaunee plant sale
- Wrap Up: Jacobs gets Nordic decom contract; U.S. rails against Russia at int’l spent fuel convention
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 26
Read Full Issue- House appropriations bill would approve $21B for NNSA in 2023, keep B83 alive, kill SLCM-N
- After UPF delays, Fleischman thinks facility needs double the requested funding
- DNFSB would receive $41 million under House committee’s 2023 budget proposal
- DOE solicits bids for HALEU operations contract at Portsmouth
- Favorable ruling for Biden’s federal vax mandate vacated; entire Appeals court to to rehear case
- Lead DOE approps staffer in House leaving Congress
- Round up: New Mexico awarded DOE grants; senior fellow selected at Savannah River; Triad studies fire alarms
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- Hanford manager says DOE still gunning for glass-making by end of 2023
- DOE solicits bids for HALEU operations contract at Portsmouth
- PG&E asks DOE for nuke credits extension as Cali weighs cash for Diablo Canyon life support
- NRC updates its docs as EnergySolutions, Dominion lock in Kewaunee plant sale
- Murray plugs toxic exposure bill after high court’s Hanford decision
- Browder taking CEO post at Pro2Serve
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- House appropriators back $7.9B in DOE nuclear cleanup funds as part of spending plan
- House Appropriations passes $21B NNSA budget; Fleischman thinks UPF needs double funding
- House lawmakers rail against private interim storage during FY2023 budget debate
- Ryan talks DOE Portsmouth contamination, reindustrialization during hearing
- Favorable ruling for Biden’s federal vax mandate vacated; entire Appeals court to to rehear case
- Holtec, Entergy finalize sale of Palisades nuclear plant
- DOE hires nuclear waste advocate, LGBTQ ally Brinton to run spent fuel, waste programs
- Lead DOE approps staffer in House leaving Congress
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- EM budget up for debate in House keeps Hanford flat; doesn’t increase liquid-waste budget
- House-side DOE spending bill has pits, B83, for NNSA; no SLCM-N
- House appropriators moving forward with Biden interim storage funding shuffle
- DNFSB would receive $41 million under House subcommittee proposal
- House funding for NRC, NWTRB flat compared with Biden request
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 25
Read Full Issue- Bipartisan votes in annual defense-spending debate save sea-launched nuke, boost pits by lots
- More NNSA contract scrutiny creeps into 2023 NDAA; forced Minuteman III test voted down
- First-draft of DOE’s 2023 budget misses request for nuclear weapons
- Two-for-one: single bidder could take Paducah, Portsmouth follow-on contracts, DOE says
- Round up: Training down underwater for submarine officers from down under; Glovebox crunch coming; Defense board concerns over Savannah River pits ‘merit attention,’ NNSA says; NNSA job fair ahead of the Fourth
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- After high court tosses 2018 Hanford worker comp law, state hopes 2022 version survives
- House lawmakers proposed 2023 nuclear cleanup budget close to modified request
- Two-for-one: single bidder could take Portsmouth, Paducah follow-on contracts, DOE says
- DUF6 work at Paducah will go on for a long time, DOE official says
- WIPP conversion to non-diesel underground equipment hits speed bump
- Judge releases public version of order keeping Swift & Staley in Place at Paducah
- Veolia dedicates new Geomelt vitrification unit at WCS
- EM chief of staff leaving government to join Longenecker, deputy taking legacy job
- Wrap Up: Idaho supply chain and IWTU progress, onsite COVID cases increase
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- DOE Nuclear Energy top line up in House’s first draft of 2023 budget
- Simpson skeptical about Biden admin’s interim storage spending shuffle
- DOE seeking public comment on nuke credits rules change
- Kewaunee sale to EnergySolutions final by end of June, company says
- Enviros’ interim storage suit barking up the wrong tree, ISP says
- Wrap Up: Huff at NEI; DOE advanced nuclear research awards
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- Bipartisan votes in annual defense-spending debate save sea-launched nuke, boost pits by lots
- More NNSA contract scrutiny creeps into 2023 NDAA; forced Minuteman III test voted down
- House committee’s NDAA would boosts Environmental Management office
- Two-for-one: single bidder could take Portsmouth, Paducah follow-on contracts, DOE says
- Veolia dedicates new Geomelt vitrification unit at WCS
- Kewaunee sale to EnergySolutions final by end of June, company says
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- Supreme Court strikes down Wash. state workers compensation law; state says protections remain for Hanford workers
- First-draft of DOE’s 2023 budget misses request for nuclear weapons, beats for nuclear cleanup
- DOE Nuclear Energy top line up in House’s first draft of 2023 budget
- Simpson skeptical about Biden admin’s interim storage spending shuffle
- WIPP conversion to non-diesel underground equipment hits speed bump
- Environmental Management Office chief of staff leaving government to join Longenecker
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 24
Read Full Issue- House, Senate split on killing B83 and SLCM-N
- Congress should ‘move forward’ with NNSA’s plan for plutonium pits, Armed Services chair says
- House approps releases first draft of FY23 defense budget; SLCM-N out
- Three weapons uranium systems at Y-12 delayed along with Uranium Processing Facility
- Los Alamos ending on-site COVID-19 testing
- Oak Ridge Laboratory workers agree to settle vaccination case
- GAO finds that Los Alamos safety culture ‘needs improvement,’ according to NNSA
- South Carolina divvies up plutonium settlement money
- Round up: heroics at SRS; hate at Y-12; BWXT buys ship-parts maker
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- NWPA update for interim storage ‘could take years,’ DOE acting spent fuel chief says
- ‘Vast majority’ of U.S. public open to spent fuel recycling, Huff says
- Feinstein flips on Diablo Canyon closure
- Michigan still working to bring Palisades plant back online after closure
- New Mexico defends its right to sue in interim storage case
- Oral arguments scheduled for Texas interim storage suit
- NRC green lights use of TMI-1 decom trust fund for spent fuel, site restoration
