Vol. 37, No. 40 
GAO urges clearer standards for DOE land transfers
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
EM’s Walsh envisions growing reactor fleet in South Carolina, including SRS
AIKEN, S.C. – The Department of Energy wants to see eight large-scale nuclear reactors operating in South Carolina by 2036, and an advanced small modular reactor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in the foreseeable future, Tim Walsh, DOE’s Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management, said here Thursday. Nationwide, Walsh wants to see 10 big new […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
European company, Newcleco, pushes for new MOX facility
Years after the Department of Energy canceled the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina, a company based in France is making ambitious plans for MOX at the nuclear complex. The original multi-billion-dollar MOX project, meant to convert weapons grade plutonium into mixed-oxide fuel that could be […]
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Budget & Policy
WIPP experienced two ‘near misses’ in August, DNFSB says
The Department of Energy’s disposal site for defense-related transuranic waste narrowly avoided two accidents in August, according to a September staff report from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). There were two separate “near miss” episodes, one on Aug. 3 and one on Aug. 6, at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), according to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Army Corps marks major soil cleanup in Maywood, N.J.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that after three decades of work, most radioactive soil cleanup at a Superfund site 12 miles west of New York City has been completed. A ceremony was held Oct. 5 to mark major soil cleanup of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA sets $23.5 billion baseline for SRS plutonium pits main building
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has set a $23.5 billion performance baseline for the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility’s (SRPPF) main processing building, with completion now estimated for December 2038, the agency told Exchange Monitor Monday. The estimate covers the main processing building at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, where NNSA plans […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Centrus buys manufacturing outfit in $116 million deal
Centrus Energy acquired one of its manufacturing suppliers, Westernman Holdings, in a transaction for nearly $116 million, Centrus said Monday. The near-$116 million acquisition was made up of a combination of $95 million cash that was on hand and $21 million of equity, Centrus said in its press release. Additionally, Westernman and all its business […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Wrap Up: Westinghouse to expand S.C. fuel plant; Kentucky shops for nuclear interest; Colton joining DOE; Kiewit expands Knoxville office; more
Westinghouse plans to put $1 billion into building an advanced nuclear fuel factory at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina, the company said in a Wednesday press release. Westinghouse said the proposed fuel factory will produce low enriched uranium plus (LEU+) fuel to support its AP1000 reactor fleet. The company hopes to have […]