National Laboratories

Airmailing Plutonium Cost Los Alamos Prime $3M in FY17

By Photo of ExchangeMonitor

While no one was hurt and no special nuclear material was damaged, the outgoing prime contractor for the Los Alamos National Laboratory lost about $3 million in award fees in fiscal 2017 because it broke Department of Energy rules and shipped plutonium by plane…

In This Issue

DOE Publishes Shutdown Plan Amid Brinkmanship, Budget Chaos

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

Klotz Leaves NNSA; DOE Won’t Identify His Successor

A stainless steel glovebox used to handle sensitive materials in a controlled, inert-atmosphere laboratory.

Third S.C. Community Lobbies NNSA for Pit Mission at Savannah River

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

DNFSB Highlights Savannah River Safety Breaches in Letter to Perry

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

Savannah River Site Contractor Hired 550 Workers in 2017

An engineer using a vernier caliper to check the precise dimensions of a manufactured metal component.

W88 Warhead Upgrade Program Nailed Final Design Review, NNSA Says

A scientist in a lab coat and gloves examining a sample through a microscope in a research laboratory.

Exascale Computing Site Upgrades at Livermore Clear Final Environmental Hurdle

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

Barton: Bill to Update DOE Should Look at Role of Labs

A person at a desk reviewing a treaty agreement displayed on a computer screen, with a handshake and checkmark icon.

Reduction in Sub Missiles Made Up Most of U.S. Nuke Weapon Cuts in 2017

A ballistic missile warhead stored upright inside an underground launch silo, viewed from above.

Honeywell Nabs 90 Percent of Incentives in ’17, But Personnel Change Niggles NNSA

A scientist in a lab coat and gloves examining a sample through a microscope in a research laboratory.

LLNS Lauded for 2017 Performance But Lost Luster on Lagged Electrical Upgrades

An engineer using a vernier caliper to check the precise dimensions of a manufactured metal component.

For CNS in Fiscal 2017, A Little Lag on Life Extension With Infrastructure Improvements at Pantex

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

SRNS Picks Up 84 Percent of 2017 NNSA Fees

A naval ballistic missile submarine partially surfaced and underway in open ocean.

Air Force Begins Broad Review Of Programs

More on This Topic

Cleanup & Remediation

LLNL plans to demolish roughly one-third of Livermore footprint

National Laboratories

Huck selected as NNSA Savannah River field office manager

Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

Sandia gets $3.38M for advanced nuclear fuel analysis

National Laboratories

Fire put out, emergency lifted Wednesday night at Savannah River National Lab

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Pantex selects new chief technology officer

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Wrap up: NNSS seeks drill; Trump announces Cleveland sub repair center; Oak Ridge announces new science center contract

Cleanup & Remediation

Wrap Up: Amentum opens HQ in Oak Ridge; Hanford’s old water plant demo starts; Deep Isolation gets Texas permit; more

Cleanup & Remediation

Idaho cleanup boss ‘acting’ no more

Plutonium Pit Production

Equipment delivery moves Savannah River pit production training facility forward

National Laboratories

Early equipment delivery advances Savannah River pit production training facility

A scientist in a lab coat and gloves examining a sample through a microscope in a research laboratory.
National Laboratories

EM-LA pursues chromium-plume work despite dispute over interim system

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) says it is continuing technical work on the site’s hexavalent chromium plume despite a state directive to shut down its interim measure, while discussions… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
National Laboratories

DOE contractors recover equipment from Y-12 legacy facility ahead of demolition

Non-Proliferation

NNSS conducts high-explosive experiment for non-proliferation purposes

Plutonium Pit Production

Lots of gloveboxes being built at Savannah River

Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

X-energy completes vertical construction of Oak Ridge fuel facility

Cleanup & Remediation

Savannah River Site poised to resume uranium recovery

Contracts & Procurement

DOE Science office seeks security support at Oak Ridge

Popular

  1. Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Yucca Mtn. clause, now blocking nuclear campus program, could be removed in lame duck: Fleischmann says

  2. Budget & Policy

    Huck becomes NNSA Savannah River field office manager

  3. Data Centers & Energy Demand

    EM panel provides update on AI data center development at federal sites

  4. Budget & Policy

    Fleischmann expects passage of 2027 E&W bill by Dec. 11, after midterms

  5. National Laboratories

    Fire put out, emergency lifted Wednesday night at Savannah River National Lab

  6. Defense & Military

    Navy to consider SMRs at the Naval Weapons Crane

  7. Transuranic Waste

    Walsh: New Mexico, WIPP deal getting closer

  8. National Laboratories

    Fire put out, emergency lifted Wednesday night at Savannah River National Lab

  9. Budget & Policy

    GAO: NNSA workforce shrank nearly 12% amid nuclear modernization push