Vol. 5, No. 23 NNSA Puts CARES Act Relief Language Into Prime Contracts
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Cleanup & Remediation
Federal Government Sets Guidance for Resuming Normal Operations
Federal agencies will gradually return to normal operations in parallel with the White House’s three-phase plan to reactivate the national economy as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, the Trump administration said Monday. The guidance does not provide any set schedule… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force Selects Raytheon to Build Next-Gen Nuclear Weapon
The Air Force plans to continue building its next nuclear cruise missile, the Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO), with Raytheon [RTN] as the sole-source contractor, according to an April 17 release. The announcement arrives years ahead of an expected down-select. Both… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 Lacked Clear Rules About Weapon-Waste Disposal During Improper Shipments to Nevada, DOE Says
The Y-12 National Security Complex mistakenly sent improperly packaged radioactive waste to Nevada for six years because no one at the Oak Ridge, Tenn., site wrote strict rules for disposing of weapon-related materials, according to a new Department of Energy report. From… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Gen. John Gordon, First NNSA Administrator, Dies
John Gordon, the retired Air Force general who was deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency before becoming the first-ever administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), died Sunday. He was 73. Current NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA Cites Order 140.1 in Blocking DNFSB From Pantex Meeting
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) has lost its game of chicken with the Pantex Plant in Texas, where personnel recently blocked a board inspector from attending a meeting of the secretive Nuclear Explosive Safety Study Group, according to a letter… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP’s First-Quarter Shipments Down Nearly One-Third From 2019
The Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., emplaced 40 shipments of transuranic waste during the first three months of 2020, according to data from its public website. That is down significantly from 59 shipments in the first… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
No Word Yet on Extension of Oak Ridge Environmental Contract
The Energy Department has yet to execute an extension of up to two years for the Amentum-led joint venture responsible for remediation at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The agency in February announced its intention to award a sole-source deal to URS/CH2M Oak… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Commercial Decommissioning
New York Won’t Keep Nuclear Plant Alive During Pandemic
The state of New York on Monday dismissed the call from a pro-nuclear climate organization to prevent the Indian Point Energy Center from closing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reactor Unit 2 at the upstate nuclear power plant is scheduled to power down… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]