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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 24 No. 45
Read Full Issue- Fatal COVID Case Reported at Los Alamos as NNSA Records Pandemic’s Biggest Week-to-Week Jump in Cases
- Watts Bar 2 to Start Weapons Tritium Production When Current Refueling Outage Wraps
- Nuke Abolition Losing Message on Election Day, House Armed Services Chair Tells Disarmament Advocates
- Nuclear Weapons Council Needs More DOE Influence, Ex-NNSA Boss Says
- Early Buys for Columbia Submarine Components Possible, Caldwell Says
- Cooperating on Nukes Better Than Sharing Them, Navy Strat Systems Chief Says
- New Mexico Biding its Time With Permits for LANL Tritium Venting
- Centrus Held to Loss in Q3, Expects Big Fourth Quarter; Enrichment Demo Still on Schedule
- GAO Takes Victory Lap for Contribution to MFFF Cancelation, Savings
- Publication Notice
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- Hanford Area Congressman Tests Positive, WIPP Logs 20 More COVID Cases
- Hanford System Plan 9 Suggests Cleanup Likely to Cost More, Take Longer
- NRC to Approve Indian Point Sale Monday
- Nuke Abolition Losing Message on Election Day, House Armed Services Chair Tells Disarmament Advocates
- Nuclear Weapons Council Needs More DOE Influence, Ex-NNSA Boss Says
- Vermont Citizens Advisory Board Second-Guessing Support for Interim Storage
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- Hanford Groundwater Sampling Slowed by COVID-19
- Pro-Nuclear Bill Senate Bill Has Reporting Requirement for Waste Inventory
- Magistrate Sets Status Conference in Case Against Portsmouth Contractors
- Deep Isolation Wraps $20M Fundraising Round
- GAO Takes Victory Lap for Contribution to MFFF Cancelation, Savings
- Cooperating on Nukes Better Than Sharing Them, Navy Strat Systems Chief Says
- FirstEnergy Not Compliant With New York Stock Exchange Rules
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- Watts Bar 2 to Start Weapons Tritium Production When Current Refueling Outage Wraps
- WIPP Numbers Perk Up for October, Still Way Down for 2020
- California Congressional Race Looking Like a Photo Finish
- Early Buys for Columbia Submarine Components Possible, Caldwell Says
- Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization to Create New Waste Storage Plan
- FBI Agents Seen Outside Ohio’s Top Utility Regulator’s Home
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- Hanford Confirms 7 More Cases Over Weekend
- New Mexico Biding its Time With Permits for LANL Tritium Venting
- Big Crowd Turns Out to Learn About Carlsbad Tech Contract
- Centrus Held to Loss in Q3, Expects Big Fourth Quarter; Enrichment Demo Still on Schedule
- Personnel Changes at DOE HQ
- This Week: Nuclear Waste and Weapons Events
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- Pandemic Numbers Continue Surge at Nuclear Cleanup Sites
- Senate Appropriations Panel Would Keep EM Budget at About $7.5B
- ECA Panel Predicts Lame Duck Session Won’t Be Dull
- Opinion: DOE Modernization of Nuclear Safety Management Rule Puts Focus on Safety, Minimizes Unnecessary Administrative Burden
- No Winner Yet in Race Near Santa Susana
- Familiar DOE Face Takes Over Policy Role at Nuclear Cleanup Office
- New Salt Waste Facility Handled 86,000 Gallons During First Month
- Fired Contractor Sues WIPP Manager
- Fluor Posts 2Q Results, 3Q Report Coming Soon
- Hanford Water Treatment Subcontract Awarded
- Washington Ecology Selects Nuclear Waste Program Director
- New Director Selected at Idaho National Lab
- Wrap Up: Longenecker Adds Board Member
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 22 No. 44
Read Full Issue- NNSA Administrator Fired While on Leave; Energy Secretary Tracked Her for Months
- With a Month Left to Reach a Budget Deal, Senate Proposes Requested Funding for NNSA
- Final Solicitation for Y-12, Pantex Contact Drops; Senate Questions Lack of Competition for DOE, NNSA Contracts
- Former NNSA No. 2 Joins Biden Transition Team
- Fluor Narrows 2Q Losses; 3Q Report Possible by December
- COVID-19 Cases at NNSA Rise Sharply; New-Case Rate Higher at All But One NNSA Host Locale
- TVA Watts Bar Plant Slapped With Near $1M Fine
- Opinion: DOE Modernization of Nuclear Safety Management Rule Puts Focus on Safety, Minimizes Unnecessary Administrative Burden
- Round Up: B61-12 Support is Also Virtual; LLNL’s ‘Ruby’ Supercomputer Up; LANL, New Mexico State Collaborate
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- Senate Spending Bill Has $850M for NRC, Matches House Proposal for Interim Storage
- Biden Transition Announcements Largely Skirt Nuclear Power, Waste Issues
- FirstEnergy Lawyers Leave Company Week after CEO Terminated
- Ohio Lame Duck Legislature Hears HB6 Bills
- Cortez Masto and Rosen Don’t Want Any Money Going to Yucca Mountain
- TVA Watts Bar Plant Slapped With Near $1M Fine
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- SENATE 2021 BUDGET ROLLOUT: EM Budget About Level at $7.5B
- SENATE 2021 BUDGET ROLLOUT: NNSA Request Fully Funded
- SENATE 2021 BUDGET ROLLOUT: Congress in Accord Over $850M NRC Budget, DOE Interim Waste Storage
- New Salt Waste Facility Handled 86,000 Gallons During First Month
- Former NNSA No. 2 Joins Biden Transition Team
- Subcontract Awarded for Construction of Hanford Water Treatment Plant
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- NNSA Administrator Fired While on Leave; Energy Secretary Tracked Her for Months
- Fired Ventilation Contractor Sues WIPP Prime for $32M
- FirstEnergy Lawyers Leave Company Week after CEO Terminated
- Familiar DOE Face Takes Over Policy Role at Nuclear Cleanup Office
- Six More Cases of COVID-19 Pop Up at Hanford
- Cortez Masto and Rosen Don’t Want Any Money Going to Yucca Mountain
- New Boss Named at Idaho National Lab
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 24 No. 43
Read Full Issue- NNSA Administrator Gordon-Hagerty Quits
- Another Week, Another 100+ New COVID Cases at NNSA
- After Election, New Faces on Capitol Hill in NNSA-adjacent Districts and States
- NNSA Clears Environmental Hurdle for Savannah River Pits; Environmental Groups Raise Prospect of Lawsuit
- DNFSB Nominee Has Skin in Election Outcome
- BWXT Earnings Steady in Third Quarter
- U.K. Nationalizing Operations of its Nuclear Weapons Complex, but Carving Out Role for Industry
- U.S. Still Hard on MOX Services to Pay Up for Fraudulent Invoices, Court Filing Shows
- Round Up: Former LLNL ALD to General Atomics; NNSA Rad Sniffing Helo Procurement; Nuclear Safety Issues at SRS
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- As Counting Winds Down for White House, Most DOE Congressional Seats are Settled
- Active COVID-19 Cases Mushroom in DOE Nuclear Cleanup Complex
- California, DOE Reach Deal to Bring Down Final Eight Buildings at Santa Susana ETEC
- Biden Could Consider Women, Republican or Minority for Energy Secretary, Source Says
- BWXT CEO Upbeat About Keeping Hanford Tank Award, Eyes Other DOE Biz
- Presidential Outcome Could Alter DNFSB Makeup
- Fluor Again Changes CEOs, Board Member Takes the Helm
- Virtual Conference Slated for Next Week on Carlsbad Technical RFP
- Washington Ecology Nears Selection of New Nuclear Program Chief
- Wrap Up: Ex-LANL Group Director Breezes to Re-election in N.M. Legislature
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- Election Maintains Status Quo in Most Commercial Nuclear Plant Jurisdictions
- FirstEnergy Third Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
- US Ecology Sees Third-Quarter Earnings Down
- Ohio Public Utilities Commission to Launch Independent FirstEnergy Audit
- Perma-Fix Had Good Third Quarter Despite Pandemic
- NRC Planning to Resume Force-on-force Inspections in March
- Dominion Third-Quarter Earnings Fall
- Householder Wins Unnopposed Seat Despite Corruption Scandal, Byron Booster Re-Elected
- Entergy Adds Ellis to Board of Directors
- Holtec and Hitachi Sign Fuel Storage Memo
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- NNSA Clears Environmental Hurdle for Savannah River Pits; Environmental Groups Raise Prospect of Lawsuit
- A Dozen Turn Out for SRS Liquid Waste Management Site Tour
- Householder, Demmer Hold on to State Seats
- Fate of DNFSB Slot Could Hinge on Presidential Outcome
- Ex-Los Alamos Group Director Breezes to Re-election in N.M. Legislature
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- Election Results Wrap: Some Changes at DOE, Commercial Nuke Sites
- Three More Hanford Workers Test Positive for COVID-19
- Virtual Conference Slated for Next Week on Carlsbad Technical RFP
- U.S. Still Hard on MOX Services to Pay Up for Fraudulent Invoices, Court Filing Shows
- U.K. Carving Out Role for Industry in Soon-to-be-Nationalized Atomic Weapons Establishment
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- Fluor Again Changes CEOs, Board Member Takes the Helm
- BWXT CEO Optimistic About Keeping Hanford Tank Award, Eyes Other DOE Biz
- Biden Could Consider Women, Republican or Black Man for Energy Secretary, Source Says
- Amid Corruption Allegations, FirstEnergy Third Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
- Ex-No. 2 at NNSA Doesn’t Rule Out Return to Club Fed
- DOE Quizzed on Timing, Format of Oral Presentations for SRS Waste Contract
- Holtec and Hitachi Sign Fuel Storage Memo
- NRC Planning to Resume Force-on-force Inspections in March
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- One-Quarter Continuing Resolution Fine, Full-Year Bad, NNSA Procurement Honcho Says
- Despite COVID-19, BWXT Revenue Up Although Income Down in 3Q
- FirstEnergy Third Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
- Entergy Adds Ellis to Board of Directors
- U.K. Nationalizing Operations of its Nuclear Weapons Complex
- Washington Ecology Nears Selection of New Nuclear Program Chief
- This Week: Nuclear Waste and Weapons Events
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- No Word Yet from Hanford Boss on New Tank Closure Contract
- IWTU Might be Running by June; Idaho Piles Up Penalties Against DOE
- Big Uptick in Active Cases Reported in Nuke Cleanup Complex, Including Hanford
- After Turf Wars, DNFSB, DOE Working on Info-Sharing Accord
- Protest Period Expires Ensuring Navarro-led Team as Operator of Hanford Lab
- DOE Extends Hanford Plateau, Site Services Transition Periods
- Final RFP Issued for DOE Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract
- Critic Cautions New Mexico Lawmakers on ‘Forever WIPP’
- On Heels of Salt-Waste Startup, Disposal Unit-7 Tracking for FY22 Opening
- Inspector General Finds Problems Respirator Upkeep at Portsmouth Site
- Wrap Up: Alaska Native Firm Wins Biz Center Tech Support Deal
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 24 No. 42
Read Full Issue- More Details on Potential Y-12, Pantex Bidders Come to Light
- Another COVID-19 Fatality at NNSA as Enterprise Again Sees More than 100 New Cases
- Los Alamos Wraps Part of Pit Upgrades Early, Under Budget, Lab Says
- HASC Chair ‘Confident’ Biden Administration Will Consider Minimum-Deterrent Nuclear Arsenal
- After 2 Years of Turf Wars, DNFSB, DOE Working on Info-Sharing Accord
- New Mexico Asks for Meeting, Money, From DOE Before Surplus Pu Goes to WIPP
- With New START Unsettled, Russia Makes Another Arms Control Proposal
- Second Public Meeting on Planned Los Alamos Tritium Venting Scheduled for Thursday
- Week of Wild Weather Finally Over for Nuke Sites
- Round-Up: Classified leak at Sandia?; Z-Machine Milestone; New Non-Pro Aid for NNSA Partner Nations; & More
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- FirstEnergy Execs Fired Same Day Householder Political Aides Plead Guilty
- Entergy Third Quarter Earnings Down, Indian Point Decom Transfer On Horizon
- Sen. Schumer, Sen. Gillibrand Ask for Hearing in Indian Point License Transfer
- Cities Sue FirstEnergy After Ohio Legislature Fails to Repeal Nuclear Bailout Bill With Rate Hike
- Levin Introduces Bill Requiring NRC Inspectors at Decommissioning Plants
- Utah Cities Lobbied to Dump UAMPS Project by Halloween
- NRC Seeking Public Comment on Dominion License Renewal
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- More Details on Potential Y-12, Pantex Bidders Come to Light
- Entergy Third Quarter Earnings Down, Indian Point Decom Transfer On Horizon
- After 2 Years of Turf Wars, DNFSB, DOE Working on Info-Sharing Accord
- Second Public Meeting on Planned Los Alamos Tritium Venting Scheduled for Thursday
- BWX Technologies to Report Earnings Nov. 2
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- Protest Period Expires Ensuring Navarro-led Team as Operator of Hanford Lab
- DOE Extends Hanford Plateau, Site Services Transition Periods
- Cities Sue FirstEnergy After Ohio Legislature Fails to Repeal Nuclear Bailout Bill With Rate Hike
- Alaskan Native Firm Wins $15M Tech Support Contract for DOE Biz Center
- Levin Introduces Bill Requiring NRC Inspectors at Decommissioning Plants
- Longtime NNSA Nevada Field Office Manager Appears to Tweet About Cancer Treatment
- Weather Closes Pantex, Labs, Prevents ICBM Test; Heavy Rain From Hurricane Possible at Oak Ridge
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- New Mexico Asks for Meeting, Money, From DOE Before Surplus Pu Goes to WIPP
- Rash of COVID-19 Cases Continue at Hanford With 5 More
- Inspector General Finds Problems Respirator Upkeep at DOE Portsmouth Site
- On Heels of Salt-Waste Startup, Disposal Unit-7 Tracking for FY22 Opening
- Cities Face Halloween Deadline to Keep or Dump Shrinking Mini-Reactor Project
- NRC Seeking Public Comment on Dominion License Renewal
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- Six Hanford Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
- Critic Cautions New Mexico Lawmakers on ‘Forever WIPP’
- Sen. Schumer, Sen. Gillibrand Ask for Hearing in Indian Point License Transfer
- Winter Weather Delays Pantex Day Shift; Wild Weather All Over at Top of Week
- Russia Drops More Arms Control Proposals; NSA O’Brien Scheduled for Nat Sec Talk Wednesday
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- SRS Breaks 600 COVID Cases, Total Cases for EM Also Rise
- WIPP Prime Taps Kiewit for Work During Ventilation Project Transition
- $600M Moab Contract Envisioned in DOE’s Draft RFP
- Frequent DOE Critic Not Reappointed to Advisory Board
- NNSA Plans to Review to Dilute and Disposal Plan for SRS Material
- Market Research Resumes for DOE Long-term Mercury Storage
- Rep. Duncan Could Pick Up Yucca Torch From Shimkus
- DOE Nuclear Cleanup Policy Manager Retiring
- Historically Black College Part of Team Bidding to Run SRNL
- Cesium Removal Unit Returns to Service at SRS
- Energy Dept. Finalizes Changes to Longstanding Nuke Safety Rule
- Wrap Up: Late Earnings Show Fluor 1Q Loss
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- Federal Judge Puts Practice Fuel Runs at Oyster Creek on Ice
- South Carolina Rep. Duncan Could Follow In Shimkus’ Footsteps
- International Isotopes Charged with Violations But Escapes NRC Fines
- Market Research Resumes for DOE Long-term Mercury Storage
- Public Comment Period for Very Low-Level Waste Rule Ends
- NRC to Review Dominion Application to Renew License at Virginia Power Plant
- Group Overseeing Pilgrim Plant Asks State Legislature for Relief From Voting Rules
- FirstEnergy Files for Protective Order, Opponents Can Respond Until Nov. 2
- FirstEnergy On Alleged Mission to ‘Out’ Whistleblower to Send Message
- Responsive Non-Destructive Testing Wins Contract at U.K. Low Level Waste Site
- Japan to Continue With Plutonium Separation
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 24 No. 41
Read Full Issue- NNSA Tracks 100+ New COVID Cases; Infections Outpace Recoveries for Third Straight Week
- NNSA to Start Environmental Review of Dilute and Dispose This Year; Scope Unclear
- Savannah River Pit Set to Gel Design in April in Formal Sign Off by DOE DepSec
- DOE Publishes Final Rule on Nuclear Safety Management; First Update in 15+ Years
- Kansas City Site Vendor Delivered Parts With Wrong Alloy to Pantex Because of Unclear Product Drawings
- National Academies Panel Recommends Fixed Term for NNSA Administration, Removal of Senate Confirmation for Other Nuke Officials
- Delayed Earnings Report Shows Fluor With 1Q Loss
- STRATCOM Warns Against Triad Trimming, State Pushes Verifiable Warhead Freeze
- NNSA Starts Rad-Sniffing Helo Flights Over D.C. for Inauguration Day Safeguards
- Round-Up: NNSA Non-Pro Deal With Canda; Nuclear Co-op With Poland; Tritium Waste Gas
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- Delayed Earnings Report Shows Fluor With 1Q Loss
- Virtual Portsmouth Site Visit Set Oct. 28
- Kansas City Delivered Parts With Wrong Alloy to Pantex Because of Unclear Product Drawings
- STRATCOM Warns Against Triad Trimming, State Pushes Verifiable Warhead Freeze
- FirstEnergy Files for Protective Order, Opponents Can Respond Until Nov. 2
- Frequent DOE Critic Not Reappointed to Advisory Board
- Public Comment Period for Very Low-Level Waste Rule Ends
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