National Laboratories

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/23/2015 Officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its national laboratories this week highlighted the role of recruitment and retention of scientists and engineers as critical components of the Stockpile Stewardship Program, the NNSA’s initiative to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without full-scale nuclear testing. The U.S. nuclear […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/23/2015 A newly released version of a Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General’s Office (IG) report on coordinated efforts between the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMC) to secure a noncompetitive extension of the management and operating contract at SNL reveals the role of former National Nuclear Security […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/23/2015 The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has awarded a subcontract to Silicon Valley-based Penguin Computing for stockpile stewardship computing services at three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) laboratories, the NNSA announced this week. The contract supporting the NNSA’s Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program involves a $39 million award to […]

Officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its national laboratories highlighted yesterday the role of recruitment and retention of scientists and engineers as critical components of the Stockpile Stewardship Program, the NNSA’s initiative to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without full-scale nuclear testing. The U.S. nuclear enterprise has “one of the most […]

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has awarded a subcontract to Silicon Valley-based Penguin Computing for stockpile stewardship computing services at three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) laboratories, the NNSA announced yesterday. The contract supporting the NNSA’s Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program involves a $39 million award to the company for “7 Petaflops (quadrillion […]

A newly released version of a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG) report on coordinated efforts between Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) to secure a noncompetitive extension of the Management and Operating contract at SNL reveals the role of former National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) officials in an […]

Brian Bradley WC Monitor 10/16/2015 A former employee of a Los Alamos National Laboratory subcontractor who reportedly stole radiation-contaminated lab tools from the lab last month was subsequently involved in an Oct. 1 two-vehicle rollover crash while seemingly impaired by a “controlled substance,” according to the accident report obtained by Weapons Complex Monitor yesterday. The […]

Alissa Tabirian WC Monitor 10/16/2015 The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking university proposals for a partnership with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to conduct research and prototype development of nuclearized robots – technology capable of working in radioactively contaminated, hazardous areas – according to a special notice issued this week. SNL’s High Consequence Automation and […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/16/2015 The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking university proposals for a partnership with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to conduct research and prototype development of nuclearized robots – technology capable of working in radioactively contaminated, hazardous areas – according to a special notice issued this week. SNL’s High Consequence Automation and […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking university proposals for a partnership with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to conduct research and prototype development of nuclearized robots – technology capable of accessing hazardous areas at nuclear facilities – according to a special notice issued this week. SNL’s High Consequence Automation and Robotics (HCAR) Group, which “originated […]

East Portal access to Oak Ridge National Laboratory was shut down for most of an hour Tuesday after security police officers discovered what they considered to be a suspicious package on a commercial delivery vehicle that was attempting to enter the lab. “There were wires and things,” Johnny Moore, the Department of Energy’s site manager at […]

Shine Medical Technologies and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the operating contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory, announced yesterday an agreement to allow an exclusive license on SRNL’s patented hydrogen isotope separation process for use in SHINE’s medical isotope production. According to a release, the agreement gives SHINE the right to use […]

NS&D Monitor 10/9/2015 Lab Workers Approve New Contract Unionized workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Wednesday ratified a new five-year labor contract, which includes pay raises in each of the years and a $1,000 signing bonus. Steve Jones, president of the Atomic Trades and Labor Council, confirmed approval of the contract with UT-Battelle, the […]

Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 10/9/2015 Unionized workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Wednesday ratified a new five-year labor contract, which includes pay raises in each of the years and a $1,000 signing bonus. Steve Jones, president of the Atomic Trades and Labor Council, confirmed approval of the contract with UT-Battelle, the Department of Energy’s […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/9/2015 The Department of Energy (DOE) is questioning $526,562 in “questioned and unresolved” subcontract costs from fiscal 2013 with the company that manages and operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), according to a DOE Inspector General’s Office (IG) report released this week. Los Alamos National Security (LANS), which has operated […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/9/2015 A former Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) employee must pay over $32,000 in restitution as part of her sentence for embezzling money from the Department of Energy. Theresa Romero, a former office administrative assistant at SNL, used a procurement card issued to her as an employee to make unauthorized purchases between […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/9/2015 Eighteen projects from National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) labs, some of which feature nuclear deterrence and stockpile stewardship applications, have been chosen by an independent panel of judges as finalists for R&D Magazine’s annual R&D 100 Awards, which recognizes “the 100 most innovative technologies and services of the past year,” […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) is questioning $526,562 in “questioned and unresolved” subcontract costs from fiscal 2013 with the company that manages and operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), according to a DOE Inspector General’s Office (IG) report released yesterday. Los Alamos National Security (LANS), which has operated LANL since 2006, conducted internal reviews […]

ORNL Reaches Tentative Contract With Unions UT-Battelle has reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with unions representing about 700 hourly workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Steve Jones, president of the Atomic Trades and Labor Council, an umbrella labor group that negotiated on behalf of 13 unions at ORNL, confirmed […]

WC Monitor 10/2/2015   DOE Awards Support Services Contract to Small Business Sigma Science Inc., of Los Alamos, N.M., has received a $4 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a five-year ordering period to provide technical support services to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office, DOE announced on Wednesday. […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/2/2015 The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) said this week it will pay a group of former employees $37.25 million in contract damages to settle a lawsuit in which 130 workers claimed they were unfairly laid off in 2008. The settlement resolves 129 of the claims, while one plaintiff did not […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 10/2/2015 The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) this week honored former director John Foster with the newly established John S. Foster Jr. Medal at the Center for International and Strategic Studies. The medal will be awarded annually “to honor those who have made significant contributions to nuclear security through individual efforts, […]

LLNL Executive Killed in Accident Kathy Baker, chief financial officer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), was killed last week when an elderly woman drove an SUV into a gym where Baker was participating in a class. Five other people suffered nonfatal injuries in the incident. Baker, 49, had worked at LLNL since 2001 and […]

RW Monitor 10/2/2015 IN DOE Researchers at the Savannah River National Laboratory have undertaken a joint project with scientists in Japan to help find ways to remediate environmental areas contaminated by the Fukushima disaster, the laboratory announced late last week. The three-year effort will focus primarily on the movement of plutonium and radioiodine, as well […]

UT-Battelle has reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with unions representing about 700 hourly workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Steve Jones, president of the Atomic Trades and Labor Council, an umbrella labor group that negotiated on behalf of 13 unions at ORNL, confirmed the tentative deal. Jones said the […]

Sigma Science Inc. of Los Alamos, N.M., has been awarded a $4 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a five-year ordering period to provide technical support services to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office, DOE announced yesterday. Sigma, a certified small business, may receive firm-fixed-price and time-and-material task orders […]

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is paying a group of former employees $37.25 million in contract damages to settle a lawsuit in which 130 workers claimed they were unfairly laid off in 2008, the lab announced yesterday. 129 of the claims were resolved in the settlement, while one plaintiff did not settle, the lab […]

Kathy Baker, chief financial officer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), was killed last week when an elderly woman drove an SUV into a gym where Baker was participating in a class. Five other people suffered nonfatal injuries in the incident. Baker, 49, had worked at LLNL since 2001 and became its chief financial officer […]

Eighteen projects from National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) labs have been chosen by an independent panel of judges as finalists for R&D Magazine’s annual R&D 100 Awards, which recognizes “the 100 most innovative technologies and services of the past year,” the NNSA announced last week. Several Los Alamos National Laboratory projects are finalists, including the lab’s […]

Researchers at the Savannah River National Laboratory have undertaken a joint project with scientists in Japan to help find ways to remediate environmental areas contaminated by the Fukushima disaster, the Laboratory announced late last week. The three-year joint project will focus primarily on the movement of plutonium and radioiodine, as well as learning more about […]