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- Long-term mercury storage RFP issued by DOE cleanup office
- Federal court approves NukeWatch settlement with DOE over 2016 consent order
- Head of Amentum-led Hanford Central Plateau cleanup team retiring
- Federal, state officials at Hanford affirm interest in vitrification alternative
- UCOR pockets 98% of potential fee for Oak Ridge cleanup
- Top WIPP bosses still hope to get ventilation project going before 2026
- Ecology officials visit the other Washington to press for Hanford funding
- Hanford Advisory Board pounds DOE over leaking tanks in new recommendations
- Nevada Site disposed of 550,000 cubic feet of radwaste in 2021
- Hanford Advisory Board bristles at DOE plan to diversify panel, wants input
- Moderna to become sole vaccine available through Hanford medical provider; SRS drops on-site shots
- Wrap Up: EM COVID up, but still low, DNFSB returns to office, close call at WIPP
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- NWPA update ‘has to happen’ for federal interim storage, community advocate says
- Interim storage RFI comments to be published by end of the month
- NM AG Balderas still fighting interim storage on another front after district court dismissal
- Enviros pressing NWPA argument in interim storage lawsuit
- Kewaunee plant sale ‘worst proposal ever,’ NorthStar says
- Bill in Massachusetts legislature would block Pilgrim wastewater discharge
- Wrap-up: Zaporizhzhia attack a war crime, U.S. says; Fort Worth weighing in on interim storage suit
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- NWPA update ‘has to happen’ for federal interim storage, community advocate says
- Federal, state officials at Hanford affirm interest in vitrification alternative
- Hanford Advisory Board bristles at DOE plan to diversify panel, wants input
- Interim storage RFI comments to be published by end of the month
- Waste disposal exception okayed for S.C. plant that makes tritium rods
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- NA-10 nominee gets his hearing; supports review of pit program
- Raises for some at Los Alamos
- UCOR pockets 98% of potential fee for Oak Ridge cleanup
- Moderna to become sole vaccine available through Hanford medical provider
- Ecology officials visit the other Washington to press for Hanford funding
- Kewaunee plant sale ‘worst proposal ever,’ NorthStar says
- NM AG Balderas still fighting interim storage on another front after district court dismissal
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- Head of Amentum-led Hanford Central Plateau cleanup team retiring
- Ice storm, power outage at Pantex delay non-essential arrives amid production upswing
- Enviros pressing NWPA argument in interim storage lawsuit
- Nevada Site disposed of 550,000 cubic feet of radwaste in 2021
- DNFSB HQ staff back in office
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- Top WIPP bosses still hope to get ventilation project going before 2026
- NNSA’s new high-explosive fabrication facility to open in 2024
- Close call at WIPP with high-capacity hoist in free-fall during shaft work
- Bill in Massachusetts legislature would block Pilgrim wastewater discharge
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- GAO calls out mismanagement in WIPP ventilation project; competitors circle for M&O follow-on
- Bechtel pockets 74% of fee for Waste Treatment Plant in 2021
- Weekly COVID case count slips at EM; Hanford unmasks, DOE staff returns
- Washington Ecology calls Hanford appropriation inadequate
- Longtime congressional, DOE staffer Davis is Granholm’s new staff chief
- Do something about defense waste first, Cantwell tells DOE nuclear energy nominee
- Small biz RFP hits street for technical assistance at Los Alamos, other cleanup sites
- Talks continue on Savannah River options, DOE panel says
- Savannah River lab prime eyes minority institutions for EM research
- Contractor execs will be dropped from Hanford vaccination suit; resumption of vax enforcement looms
- Trial planned next year in discrimination case brought by WIPP security employee
- Wrap Up: Hanford TSCR treats 200,000 gallons; Gov. Inslee signs worker comp bill; WIPP shipments dip
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 11
Read Full Issue- NNSA extends prime contractor for Pantex, Y-12 amid controversy about sites’ future management
- New W93 deets but no pit updates in NNSA’s latest unclassified stockpile stewardship report
- Talks continue on Savannah River options, DOE panel says
- Maximum telework ends at DOE HQ; personnel return to offices
- Familiar nuke names nab spots on Congress’ new strategic posture commission
- S.C. Lawmakers Unsatisfied With Their Share of Plutonium Settlement in State Budget
- Fed review of RLUOB recategorization in May
- Small businesses get small window to buck for NNSA construction support contract
- Longtime congressional, DOE staffer Davis is Granholm’s new staff chief
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- Summary report on interim storage RFI ‘forthcoming,’ NE-1 nom Huff tells Senators
- Nuke credits in June ‘best case scenario,’ DOE says
- NRC workshopping its part in DOE civil nuke credits rollout
- Oklo, Deep Isolation, DOE labs partner to advance microreactor concept
- ‘No firm commitment’ so far on Holtec SMR site review, company says
- Wrap Up: Zaporizhzhia safe for now; Another Cali town throws in for spent fuel solutions; Perma-Fix and Westinghouse to collab on U.K. waste treatment facility
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- New W93 deets but no pit updates in NNSA’s latest unclassified stockpile stewardship report
- Familiar nuke names nab spots on Congress’ new strategic posture commission
- Small biz RFP hits street for technical assistance at Los Alamos, other cleanup sites
- Trial planned next year in discrimination case brought by WIPP security employee
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- DOE must do better managing risk on WIPP ventilation project, GAO finds
- Granholm to identify next staff chief ‘soon,’ outgoing chief says in farewell note
- S.C. Lawmakers Unsatisfied With Their Share of Plutonium Settlement in State Budget
- ‘No firm commitment’ so far on Holtec SMR site review, company says
- Savannah River lab prime eyes minority institutions for EM research
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- NE-1 Nom Huff Slated for Senate Hearing Thursday
- WIPP ventilation project costing nearly $500m should be operating in summer 2026, feds say
- Contractor execs will be dropped from Hanford vaccination suit; resumption of vax enforcement looms
- Fed review of RLUOB recategorization in May
- Oklo, Deep Isolation, DOE labs partner to advance microreactor concept
- WIPP Takes in 10 Shipments During February
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 10
Read Full Issue- NNSA budget up in omnibus; prohibitions against B83, sea-launched W80-4 gone
- NNSA can’t spend its way to plutonium pit goal, STRATCOM commander tells senators
- Centrus has another profitable year; downplays worries over Russian uranium
- MFFF contractor settles fraud case with feds
- Impending Retirement Prompts NNSA Search for New Senior Project Management Exec for HQ
- Removal of ‘scary’ asbestos-laden Biology Complex, clears way for Y-12 lithium project
- IAEA looking into reports power back at Chernobyl after blackout
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- NM district court judge dismisses state’s lawsuit over interim storage
- DOE still developing interim storage funding opportunity, acting spent fuel chief says
- Budget compromise for 2022 lowers NE funding
- Group in Holtec site host county rooting for demise of anti-interim storage bill in Congress
- NRC must stay independent of advanced nukes hype, chair Hanson says at regs conference
- NRC staff aiming to get final decom rule to commissioners by fall ‘23
- Holtec expects NRC approval on CISF by second quarter this year; could be built by 2024
- IAEA looking into reports power back at Chernobyl after blackout
- Almost all U.S. nuclear plants at top regs performance, NRC says
- Bolt-On the Back End: 30 minutes with Sam Shakir, President, Westinghouse Environmental Services
- Wrap Up: DOE’s advanced reactor grants; CT weighing partial nuke ban repeal; Humboldt ISFSI hearing requests open
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- Hanford funding increases for key construction in fiscal 2022 budget deal
- Brookhaven deleted from nuclear cleanup sites; EM renews United Kingdom deal
- EM No. 2 Shrader heading toward Clean Energy, Robertson steps in
- COVID, Ukraine provide subtext at Waste Management gathering
- Fix on the way for IWTU, shutdown since late February; SWPF still cranking
- As COVID-19 recedes, feds consider what to do about PFAS
- Portsmouth X-326 coming down as DUF6 cranks up
- Portsmouth, Paducah final RFPs possible in May
- WCS officially out as mercury storage site after amended record of decision
- Removal of ‘scary’ asbestos-laden Biology Complex, clears way for Y-12 lithium project
- N3B bosses talk DP Road cleanup, TRU shipments at Los Alamos
- North Wind issued transition notice for new Moab contract
- Wrap Up: Environmental Management releases 10-year goals; diversity discussed
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- Hanford funding increases for key construction in fiscal 2022 budget deal
- NNSA budget up in omnibus; prohibitions against B83, sea-launched W80-4 gone
- NRC staff aiming to get final decom rule to commissioners by fall ‘23
- Portsmouth X-326 coming down as DUF6 cranks up
- N3B bosses talk DP Road cleanup, TRU Shipments at Los Alamos
- Removal of ‘scary’ asbestos-laden Biology Complex, clears way for Y-12 lithium project
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- Compromise 2022 budget bill would raise defense nuclear budgets; Biden says he’ll sign
- Environmental Management releases its vision of next 10 years
- Fix on the way for IWTU, shutdown since late February; SWPF still cranking
- NNSA can’t spend its way to plutonium pit goal, STRATCOM commander tells senators
- DOE still developing interim storage funding opportunity, acting spent fuel chief says
- NRC must stay independent of advanced nukes hype, chair Hanson says at regs conference
- NRC Commissioner Wright again defends decommissioning rule in regs conference speech
- Group in Holtec site host county rooting for demise of anti-interim storage bill in Congress
- Portsmouth, Paducah final RFPs possible in May; No promises about future in-person site tours
- North Wind issued transition notice for new Moab contract
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- COVID, Ukraine provide subtext at Waste Management gathering
- EM No. 2 Shrader leaving cleanup office; Robertson to step in
- Brookhaven deleted from nuclear cleanup sites; EM renews United Kingdom deal
- Holtec expects NRC approval on CISF by second quarter this year; could be built by 2024
- Feds Must Lead Public Perception of Interim Storage, Westinghouse Exec Says
- Almost all U.S. nuclear plants at top regs performance, NRC says
- MFFF contractor settles fraud case with feds
- Impending Retirement Prompts NNSA Search for New Senior Project Management Exec for HQ
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 09
Read Full Issue- Current, former NNSA IT officials at center of conflict-of-interest dispute that derailed Pantex/Y-12 award
- HASC Chair says defense budget increase inevitable; Minuteman II test canned
- STRATCOM commander was satisfied with U.S. nuclear posture on 5th day of Russian war with Ukraine
- Leonardo AW139 will replace NNSA’s air sipping helicopters
- Watts Bar 2, one of two tritium producers, starts outage to replace steam generators
- DUF6 work resuming at Paducah Site, Portsmouth to follow
- Los Alamos considers hosting solar power project
- Round Up: S1 Warns on Captured Nuclear Plant in Ukraine; Carlsbad Mayor Cool With Diluted Plutonium at WIPP; Leadership Changes at Longenecker; More
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- Cruz, Heinrich unveil bill blocking private interim storage
- Biden admin sends NE-1 nom Huff to Senate
- DOE to Begin Issuing Nuke Plant Credits This Summer, Agency Says
- Interim storage RFI input lower than previous attempts, DOE says
- Public Comment for Proposed Decom Rule This Week; Another LLRW Tracking Exemption
- Energy Northwest said good planning prevented worse dosing at Columbia; NRC says luck
- Experts, Enviros Petition Whitmer to Keep Palisades Plant Open
- Dominion’s income back in the black in 2021
- Revenue Down in 2021 for Entergy Nuclear Business After Indian Point Closure
- NRC Chair Hanson Tours SONGS Dry Storage Pad
- Wrap Up: IAEA says no rad threat at Ukraine nuke plant, for now; Cuellar’s primary woes;
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- DOE, NukeWatch New Mexico, file settlement over 2016 consent decree
- IWTU hits another snag during demo run
- New and old Hanford contractors receive mostly good marks for work in fiscal 2021
- Savannah River Mission Completion takes over liquid waste cleanup, talks staff issues
- Los Alamos considers hosting solar power project
- DUF6 work resuming at Paducah Site, Portsmouth to follow
- Four Rivers labeled ‘satisfactory’ overall in fee scorecard
- Parties in Oak Ridge lab case to huddle with judge later this month
- Wrap Up: Luján returns, No gunfire confirmed at Hanford
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- Interim storage RFI input lower than previous attempts, DOE says
- HASC Chair says defense budget increase inevitable; Minuteman II test canned
- DOE, NukeWatch New Mexico, file settlement over 2016 consent decree
- Cruz, Heinrich unveil bill blocking private interim storage
- Dominion’s income back in the black in 2021
- Parties in Oak Ridge lab case to huddle with judge later this month
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- STRATCOM commander satisfied with U.S. nuclear posture amid Russian invasion of Ukraine
- New and Old Hanford Contractors Receive Mostly Good Marks for Work in Fiscal 2021
- Energy Northwest said good planning prevented worse dosing at Columbia; NRC says luck
- Reported Gunshots at Hanford ‘Likely’ Work Activities, DOE Says
- Watts Bar 2, one of two tritium producers, starts outage to replace steam generators
- Revenue Down in 2021 for Entergy Nuclear Business After Indian Point Closure
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- Biden admin sends NE-1 nom Huff to Senate
- Four Rivers Labeled ‘Satisfactory’ Overall in Fee Scorecard
- Even With Sidelined DUF6 Plants, Mid-America Conversion Claims Most of Fee
- Leonardo AW139 will replace NNSA’s air sipping helicopters
- DOE to Begin Issuing Nuke Plant Credits This Summer, Agency Says
- Public Comment for Proposed Decom Rule This Week; Another LLRW Tracking Exemption
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- Savannah River Mission Completion Takes Over Liquid Waste Cleanup, Talks Staff Issues
- DUF6 Work Resuming at Paducah Site, Portsmouth to Follow
- Idaho Cleanup Boss Expects Lab Landscape to Change Over 10 Years
- Experts, Enviros Petition Whitmer to Keep Palisades Plant Open
- NRC Chair Hanson Tours SONGS Dry Storage Pad
- This Week
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- Ex-PAE Boss Chosen New Amentum CEO; Vollmer Staying as Chairman
- Feds Argue Government Can Restrict Biz to Vaccinated Contractors Only
- IWTU Resumes Test Run in Idaho
- SWPF Back in Service at Savannah River Site
- COVID Still Dogging Idaho, WIPP Ops, According to DNFSB
- Biden Passes Up Judge of DOE Cases for High Court Nomination
- N3B Los Alamos Claims More Than $8.3M in Fee; Scores 72% on Subjective Ratings
- BWXT Reaps Higher Quarterly, Annual Revenue, Earnings
- Fluor Records Net Loss in 2021 but DOE Biz Does Well
- Swift & Staley Staying at Paducah Through March Pending Court Decision
- Wrap Up: UCOR Cleared by OIG; Granholm Nixes Hanford Trip
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 26 No. 08
Read Full Issue- NNSA Review of Pantex/Y-12 Contract Award Suspect, Losing Bidder Claims
- NNSA Procurement Honcho Raines Plans to Retire in June
- Fluor Records Net Loss in 2021 But DOE Biz Does Well; CEO Says Pantex/Y-12 Award Will Stand
- BWXT Boosts Earnings, Remains Rosy on Protest of Pantex/Y-12 Award
- Omicron Trough? Enterprise-Wide NNSA COVID Cases Drop 70% in February
- Sentencing Set for Husband-Wife Duo Who Sought to Sell Out Submarine Program
- Round Up: DOE-savvy Judge Passed Over; Dusting off U.K. Nuke Defense; Milestones Anniversaries in Actinide Chemistry
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- Huff to Remain in Advisor Role at DOE Until Confirmation Amid NE Office Shakeup, Agency Says
- DOE to Hold Public Seminars on Civil Nuke Credits RFI
- EnergySolutions Asks Wisconsin Commission to Toss NorthStar CEO’s Comments on Kewaunee Sale
- Despite Ohio Bribery Scandal, FirstEnergy Saw Revenue Increase in 2021
- Back-End Revenue Up at Orano in 2021 Following German Nuke Waste Contracts
- Wrap Up: Chernobyl Under Russian Control After Ukraine Invasion; NRC Gets Extra Time to Respond in Texas Interim Storage Case; Michigan Dems Still Against Canadian Repository
