National Laboratories

DOE IG Highlights Lax Oversight of HQ Lab Detail Program

By Photo of Todd

Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
11/21/2014
Laboratory contractor employees received hundreds of thousands of dollars in per diem payments while on Intergovernment Personnel Act assignments with the Department of Energy, some for as long as six years, DOE’s…

In This Issue

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

First Glimpse of Revamped UPF Provided by Contractor

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

NNSA Advisory Panel on Verge of Releasing Long-Awaited Report

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

At Los Alamos

Two uniformed military officers reviewing documents in a command center in front of monitor screens.

DoD to Grow Global Strike by 1,100 positions

Two uniformed military officers reviewing documents in a command center in front of monitor screens.

Congress Reacts to Hagel-Announced Nuke Reforms

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

New CR Could Necessitate Anomaly Request for Ohio-Class Replacement

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

Publication Notice

Two professionals reviewing and signing a contract document together in an office setting.

Industry Officials Raise Questions About Potential Competition for NNSA KC Contract

A naval aircraft carrier underway at sea, kicking up spray from its bow.

Navy to Stock Shipyards with More Personnel, Newer Facilities

Rows of vertical cylindrical stainless steel centrifuge units arranged in an industrial cascade.

GAO: U.S. Should Re-Evaluate Policy on LEU for Tritium Production

Two professionals reviewing and signing a contract document together in an office setting.

$135 Million Price Tag for G4S Government Solutions Revealed

Two uniformed military officers reviewing documents in a command center in front of monitor screens.

Thornberry Named to Top Spot on House Armed Services Committee

Two professionals reviewing and signing a contract document together in an office setting.

ATK to Follow through with Orbital Merger

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

DOE Announces $425 Million Supercomputer Investment, New Machines at Livermore, ORNL

An aerial view of a large industrial construction project with cranes and a partially built reactor structure.

At Savannah River

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

At Oak Ridge

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

Wrap Up: In the White House, Industry, Congress, and the NGOs

More on This Topic

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

National Laboratories

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

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

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

Savannah River Site poised to resume uranium recovery

Uranium recovery at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina will resume next month when the site’s H Canyon facility restarts head end operations, meaning it will begin the initial processing stage.  During an SRS Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) meeting on Tuesday, the site’s DOE Office of Environmental Management executive Edwin Deshong […]
Contracts & Procurement

DOE Science office seeks security support at Oak Ridge

National Laboratories

Savannah River Site growth could require 17,000 new homes

Data Centers & Energy Demand

Savannah River Site growth might need 17,000 new homes

National Laboratories

SRS growth could require 17,000 new homes

Non-Proliferation

NNSA removes high-risk cesium from Vermont

National Laboratories

GAO: NNSA recovered $1.4B in indirect costs from outside work in 2024

Popular

  1. Uncategorized

    Nuclear movie buffs can view Atomic Energy Commission footage

  2. Defense & Military

    DOE employee faces prosecution for helping terror group; Hanford not targeted

  3. Recommissioning & Restarts

    NRC issues “chilled work environment” letter to Holtec’s Palisades

  4. Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC approves Westinghouse’s AP1000 design revision

  5. Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Early equipment delivery moves Savannah River pit production training facility forward

  6. Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NWTRB hires Janicke as executive director

  7. Innovation & Infrastructure

    Y-12 starts up furnaces at Uranium Processing Facility

  8. Recommissioning & Restarts

    NRC issues “chilled work environment” letter to Holtec’s Palisades

  9. Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Oklahoma outlines details for proposed DOE campus