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Los Alamos reports pit output outpaced initial target as 2027 funding outlook remains stable
Los Alamos National Laboratory exceeded its fiscal 2026 production goals and finished the year with a plutonium pit production rate 2.6 times its original target, Laboratory Director Thom Mason said during the lab’s final virtual town hall of the year. Mason called it the most successful period in the history of PF-4, the lab’s plutonium […]
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Nuclear Energy & Radwaste Monitor
Round Up: DOE’s NRIC, Purdue University to collaborate on advanced construction; BWXT completes facility expansion; Startup Project Omega raises $80 million; DOE’s Office of Science awards $8.5 million for fusion projects
The Department of Energy’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) and Purdue University’s Applied Research Institute have agreed to work together on new technologies aimed at lowering construction costs. The collaboration will take place under NRIC’s Advanced Construction Technology Initiative, a program designed to demonstrate advanced reactor construction technologies and techniques, according to DOE’s Nov. 5 […]
Weapons Cleanup Monitor
Wrap Up: House passes nuclear bills; Prow picked as new APTIM CEO; GAO blog focuses on land transfers; more
The House of Representatives passed all six nuclear energy-related bills this week that address varying facets of the nuclear fuel cycle in an effort to streamline licensing and construct more nuclear capacity. On the first day back following the midterm election, six nuclear energy bills hit the House floor after advancing out of the House […]
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Los Alamos reports pit output outpaced initial target as 2027 funding outlook remains stable
Los Alamos National Laboratory exceeded its fiscal 2026 production goals and finished the year with a plutonium pit production rate 2.6 times its original target, Laboratory Director Thom Mason said during the lab’s final virtual town hall of the year. Mason called it the most successful period in the history of PF-4, the lab’s plutonium […]
