Given recent lack of progress on recent efforts at international arms control, President Joe Biden’s administration could soon announce a more aggressive nuclear weapons policy, the Semafor news service reported Friday.
The National Security Council could soon announce a revised approach to arms control after the United States has failed to secure new talks with China and Russia, according to the news service.
The US Army is seeking to prototype an approach to on-site microreactor nuclear power plants with aims to discontinue relying on offsite electricity by 2030, according to an open solicitation that was emailed to the Exchange Monitor.
According to the solicitation, the Army relies on off-site electricity providers, leaving it to vulnerabilities such as dangerous weather and cybersecurity threats. The Army seeks a new approach to use new advances in nuclear technology to provide reliable power with aims to support the military mission.
The Army is conducting the solicitation through the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations program. The submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. eastern time on June 21.
The Tennessee Valley Authority named Chris Reneau the new site vice president of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant effective June 12.
Reneau served in the U.S. Navy, then joined TVA in 2009. His most recent position was as the vice president of operations support at TVA Nuclear Fleet Center in Chattanooga.
“Chris brings proven, operationally focused leadership experience within TVA and from his time in the U.S. Navy,” Tim Rausch, TVA’s chief nuclear officer, said in a TVA news release.
Obituary
Arthur John Toy, Jr., a physicist who worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, died on May 1 at the age of 86, according to an obituary posted on the Lawrence Livermore website.
Toy worked in a variety of positions at Lawrence Livermore, including as plutonium facility leader, environmental group leader, and hazards control department head.
