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U.K. & U.S. grapple with investments in national nuclear labs

The reality is new nuclear R&D is not cheap or easy The U.K. announced this week that it will charter and fund a new national nuclear laboratory (NNL) at a cost of L$2 billion ($4 billion US at current rates). In the U.S. the Department of Energy worried out loud how it will "re-establish...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-26-2008
US solicits bids for loan guarantees on nuclear construction

The US Department of Energy has invited applications for a total of up to $30.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for renewable energy, nuclear and front-end nuclear power facility projects.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-10-2008
Idaho signs new nuclear waste cleanup agreement

It removes a threat to the Snake River aquifer from transuranic wastes Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter (left) stepped into history this week joining former Idaho governors Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt by signing a ground breaking cleanup agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. ...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-05-2008
House Committee erases GNEP from '09 budget

Prospects are uncertain in the Senate The House Appropriations Committee voted this week to zero out funding in FY2009 for the Department of Energy's ill-fated and much maligned Global Nuclear Energy Program ( GNEP ). This is a repeat of last year's action by the House which kicked GNEP...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-28-2008
DOE Selects CH2M HILL to Lead Cleanup Effort

RICHLAND, WA--(Marketwire - June 19, 2008) - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that CH2M HILL LLC, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, was selected to lead the $4.5 billion Plateau Remediation Contract (PRC) over ten years (a five-year...

Posted to Contract Awards (Forum) by Highrad on 06-20-2008
Budget cuts put U.S. nuclear scientists on the street

Lawrence Livermore lays off 440 hitting a total of 1,800 out the door The Associated Press reports that a major Department of Energy national laboratory has laid off 440 employees as part of a total reduction in staffing of 1,800. Of that number the wire service reports over 100 are...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008
Closing the nuclear fuel cycle

DOE puts GNEP reports online The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released detailed reports and presentations developed by four industry consortia that provide industry perspectives on closing the nuclear fuel cycle in the US. The reports and presentations were submitted by EnergySolutions;...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-28-2008
Re: Shaw wins $2 billion pact

From Shaw... Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC Signs Final Construction Contract Modification for Department of Energy's MOX Facility BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2008--The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) announced today that Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC has signed a modification to its contract...

Posted to Nuclear Suppliers (Forum) by Highrad on 05-23-2008
Shaw wins $2 billion pact

From: 2theadvocate.com The Shaw Group landed one of the biggest construction contracts in its history Thursday when the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Shaw $2 billion in nuclear fuel work at a South Carolina facility. The award came in a contract modification to construction work Shaw and AREVA Group...

Posted to Nuclear Suppliers (Forum) by Highrad on 05-23-2008
DOE to File for Yucca Mountain License this June

According to Energy Secretary Bodman, it looks like the DOE is still on track to submit Yucca's license application to the NRC early next month .

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-23-2008

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