WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following weekly report: * * * TO: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: B. Caleca, P. Fox, N. Huntington, and P. Meyer, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending March 17, 2023 PUREX: While removing water from a catch basin posted as a contamination area using a sump pump, two workers were sprayed with water when the pump discharge hose d  more

UPTON, New York, April 11 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: The Board of Directors of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) has named theoretical physicist JoAnne Hewett as the next director of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and BSA president. BSA, a partnership between Stony Brook University (SBU) and Battelle, manages and operates Brookhaven Lab for DOE's Office of  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration awarded a $428,050,945 Phase II contract to Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS). This follow-on contract establishes capabilities for initial production and up to two years of full production for the purification and conversion of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and very highly enriched uranium (VHEU).   more