National Laboratories

The U.S. Energy Department said last week it has renewed a cooperative agreement with Vanderbilt University for nuclear cleanup research. The latest iteration is worth $15 million over five years. The Nashville, Tenn., institution is part of the multi-university “Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation III” (CRESP). The program is designed to promote “cost-effective, […]

Faced with local news coverage raising questions about her expense account, and in the middle of a state legislative campaign, Andrea Romero acknowledged Friday her days at the helm of an advocacy group for communities near the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are likely over. “It would be hard for me […]

Faced with local news coverage raising questions about her expense account, and in the middle of a state legislative campaign, Andrea Romero acknowledged Friday her days at the helm of an advocacy group for communities near the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are likely over. “It would be hard for me […]

In a blow to local interest groups that backed the measure, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have increased taxes for nonprofit entities that operate Department of Energy national laboratories in the state. Martinez vetoed the measure — which would have levied the states gross receipts tax on nonprofit […]

The U.S. Energy Department said Thursday it has renewed a cooperative agreement with Vanderbilt University for nuclear cleanup research. The latest iteration is worth $15 million over five years. The Nashville, Tenn., institution is part of the multi-university “Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation III” (CRESP). The program is designed to promote “cost-effective, risk-based” […]

President Donald Trump this week nominated current Lawrence Livermore hand Charles Verdon to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) roughly $9-billion-a-year nuclear weapons portfolio. The White House sent Verdon’s nomination to the Hill Tuesday. If recommended by the Senate Armed Services Committee and confirmed by the full Senate, Verdon would be put in charge […]

President Donald Trump plans to nominate current Lawrence Livermore hand Charles Verdon to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) roughly $9-billion-a-year nuclear weapons portfolio. The White House announced its intention in a press release late Monday. If recommended by the Senate Armed Services Committee and confirmed by the full Senate, Verdon would be put […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has the technical and safety chops both to manufacture plutonium pits and to lead new research on the nuclear-weapon cores, the head of the lab’s weapons program said Wednesday amid an intensifying turf war over the Department of Energy’s plutonium mission. “Something that I’ve heard a […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory said Tuesday he is “confident” the Northern New Mexico nuclear weapons site could help create the low-yield nuclear warheads the Donald Trump administration requested in the Nuclear Posture Review released in early February. “Again, I go out on a branch, but I know from […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has the technical and safety chops both to manufacture plutonium pits and to lead new research on the nuclear-weapon cores, the head of the lab’s weapons program said Wednesday amid an intensifying turf war over the Department of Energy’s plutonium mission. “Something that I’ve heard a […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory said Tuesday he is “confident” the Northern New Mexico nuclear weapons site could help create the low-yield nuclear warheads the Donald Trump administration requested in the Nuclear Posture Review released in early February. “Again, I go out on a branch, but I know from […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries, the military shipbuilder which is also the parent company of Savannah River Site contractor Stoller Newport News Nuclear, used its quarterly earnings call last week to tout the success of a SN3-BWX Technologies joint venture in landing a cleanup contract in December. “[T]he team secured a key win as a part of […]

The New Mexico Legislature has approved a bill that would, if signed into law, force nonprofit operators of U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories in the state to pay a gross receipts tax. Senate Bill 17 cruised through the legislature with little opposition this session, culminating with a 48-19 vote in the state’s House of […]

The New Mexico Legislature has approved a bill that would, if signed into law, force nonprofit operators of U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories in the state to pay a gross receipts tax. Senate Bill 17 cruised through the legislature with little opposition this session, culminating with a 48-19 vote in the state’s House of […]

Days before the end of the state’s legislative session, a New Mexico House of Representatives panel on Monday approved a bill that would levy a gross receipts tax on nonprofit national lab operators in the state. The House Taxation and Revenue Committee voted 10-5 to pass a bill that would if signed by Gov. Susana […]

As the state’s legislative session nears a close, a committee in the New Mexico House of Representatives was set to vote today on a bill that would levy a gross-receipts tax on nonprofit national lab operators in the state — a category locals worry could include the next manager of the Los Alamos National Laboratory […]

Legislation that allows New Mexico to collect gross receipts taxes from nonprofit entities that run Department of Energy national laboratories there flew through the state Senate and now is set for its first committee stop in the House of Representatives. The House Taxation and Revenue Committee had not yet scheduled action on the bill at […]

Department of Energy contractor AECOM on Tuesday reported $4.9 billion in revenue for the first quarter of its fiscal year, ended Dec. 31, 2017. That was 12.7 percent higher than the $4.35 billion recorded in the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2016. The Los Angeles-based global infrastructure company reported quarterly net income and diluted earnings per […]

WASHINGTON — Territorial snarling over Department of Energy plutonium programs imparted some edge to an otherwise cordial nomination hearing here Thursday, where President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said production of nuclear-weapon cores would be her top priority if she is confirmed. “We do need to have a robust […]

Legislation that allows New Mexico to collect gross receipts taxes from nonprofit entities that run Department of Energy national laboratories there flew through the state Senate and now is set for its first committee stop in the House of Representatives. The House Taxation and Revenue Committee had not yet scheduled action on the bill at […]

Members of South Carolina’s congressional delegation this week got on board with constituents’ calls for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration to start manufacturing nuclear-warhead cores at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R) say the pit mission — currently entrenched at the Los Alamos National […]

Bechtel National and Purdue University have teamed up on a bid to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory after incumbent Los Alamos National Security — a partnership that includes Bechtel — is off the job later this year, according to a pair of sources. Bechtel has been the lead corporate partner on the incumbent since […]

An advisory board to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is the latest entity in the state to support relocating Department of Energy nuclear warhead-core production to the Savannah River Site. The board, known as the Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council (GNAC), voted 7-0 on Tuesday in support of the plan being considered by DOE. Two of […]

A former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory official has landed in a senior Pentagon arms-control post, the Department of Defense announced Monday. Charles Ball was appointed deputy assistant secretary of defense for threat reduction and arms control in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: part of the Office of the […]

Two New Mexico state Senate panels have unanimously approved a bill that would ensure even nonprofit managers of Department of Energy national laboratories in the state would pay a gross receipts tax. The state Senate’s Finance Committee on Thursday approved the bill unanimously Thursday, less than a week after the measure unanimously passed the chamber’s […]

Longenecker & Associates has hired a new executive to lead its mission assurance team as it increases its workload in that area at two Department of Energy sites. Energy Department and nuclear navy veteran Craig Ferguson is now Longenecker’s group vice president for mission assurance, according to a Jan. 26 press release. The Las Vegas-based […]

Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) President Nick Lombardo has been tapped to lead the management team for the joint venture recently awarded the $1.39 billion legacy cleanup contract at the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Lombardo will serve as program manager for Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, which will be responsible […]

Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) President Nick Lombardo has been tapped to lead the management team for the joint venture recently awarded the $1.39 billion legacy cleanup contract at the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Lombardo will serve as program manager for Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, which will be responsible […]

A former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory official has landed in a senior Pentagon arms-control post, the Department of Defense announced Monday. Charles Ball was appointed deputy assistant secretary of defense for threat reduction and arms control in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: part of the Office of the […]

Longenecker & Associates has hired a new executive to lead its mission assurance team as it increases its workload in that area at two Department of Energy sites. Energy Department and nuclear navy veteran Craig Ferguson is now Longenecker’s group vice president for mission assurance, according to a Jan. 26 press release. The Las Vegas-based […]