Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC Plans August Decision on International Isotopes Breaches in Cesium Release

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission aims by the end of August to decide on enforcement measures for apparent license and regulatory violations by International Isotopes that contributed to the release of cesium-137 last year at a hospital facility in Seattle.
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DOE Kicks Off Procurement for Next Savannah River Site Management Contract

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Draft Solicitation for New Pantex-Y-12 Contract Coming This Month, NNSA Says

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Second NNSA Employee Dies of COVID-19

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‘Some People’ at DOE Want to Shield NNSA Budget Negotiations From Pentagon, Inhofe Says

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South Carolina, NNSA Could be Close to Settling $200M Plutonium Lawsuit

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Menezes Takes Over as Energy Dept. Deputy

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Reichert Replacing Smith as CNS Chief

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Navy Biz Insulates BWXT in Pandemic as Company Eyes New NNSA Work

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Centrus Posts Second Consecutive Profitable Quarter, With HALEU Assist

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Jacobs Bumps Revenue Up to $3.3B in Fiscal Third Quarter

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Acquisitions, Payment Boost Leidos In Second Quarter

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Huntington Ingalls Hits Rough Seas In Second Quarter

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NNSA Plans Big Environmental Review for 15 More Years of Livermore Operations

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Minuteman III Test Launch Featured Multiple RVs, Airborne Control Center

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NNSA Budget Needs Threatening Other Defense Programs, GAO Repeats

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Los Alamos Community Group Again Needs New Executive Director

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