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Hruby Confirmed as NNSA Administrator
The Senate on Thursday confirmed ex-Sandia National Laboratories director Jill Hruby as the sixth administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. The vote was 79-16. Hruby’s swearing in at the Department of Energy had not been scheduled at deadline Friday for Nuclear Security and Deterrence Monitor. The semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is the part of the Department of Energy responsible for nuclear-weapons maintenance, refurbishment and testing. Hruby is the second woman to lead the agency. Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the last full-time administrator, was the first. Hruby spent more than 30 years working at Sandia, holding positions in weapons and nonproliferation programs before rising to lead the labs network. She…
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Retired Submarine Officer Joins Holtec to Lead Gov Biz Alongside New Finance Team
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Fritz Roegge is the new president of Holtec’s government services subsidiary, the company announced this week in a press release dominated by new hires for the Camden, N.J., company’s financial team. Now leading the finance silo…
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DOE Offers Higher Fee Cap for WIPP Prime Contract, Capital Projects Spark Questions
The Department of Energy in amendments made this week to its ongoing solicitation for a new multibillion-dollar prime contract at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is increasing the performance fee cap to 7% from 5%. The amendments…
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FirstEnergy Agrees to Pay $230M Fine in Ohio Bribery Scandal
FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to pay a $230 million fine for its role in a major bribery scandal involving two Ohio reactors and the now-ousted former Ohio House speaker. The Akron-based corporation’s CEO Steven Strah and the acting U.S. attorney…
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NNSA Planning Discussions With Bidders on Combined Pantex, Y-12 Contract
The National Nuclear Security Administration planned to host discussions soon with teams that bid on the potentially 10-year, $30 billion combined management and operations contract for the Pantex Plant and the Y-12 National Security Complex, sources said this week. It…
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