Vol. 6, No. 50 Nuclear Posture Review ‘Will Change Little’ at NNSA, Agency Weapons Boss Speculates
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Plutonium Pit Production
NNSA on Path to 30 Pits in 2026, but Management’s Judgements Differ About Interim Milestones
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Judgements varied here Tuesday between two senior civilian nuclear-weapons leaders as to whether the National Nuclear Security Administration would meet some legally binding deadlines to produce new nuclear weapon cores this decade. Questioned… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
SRS Pit Manager Foresees No Problem Staffing Up
ALEXANDRIA, VA. —The Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility team has staffed up to about 400 people and, despite near-term competition for specialized skill sets from other nuclear-weapon sites, should easily be able to flex up to its full complement of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs Bosses Cheer Idaho Cleanup Contract
During an earnings call Tuesday with Wall Street analysts, top executives at Jacobs said the company is excited about leading a joint venture becoming the new remediation contractor at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory. “During the quarter… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE, Washington State Resuming Hanford Talks After July Pause
The Department of Energy, the Washington state Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are expected to resume later this month what have been dubbed the “holistic” talks about future cleanup deadlines at the Hanford Site. “Vacation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
New Mexico ‘Hoping to See a Plan’ for Long-Term Rad Waste Storage, Heinrich Says
After a Tuesday hearing to vet a nominee for a senior Department of Energy job, New Mexico’s senior senator pounded the table about making sure proposed interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel do not turn into permanent repositories. “The concern,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
Feds Have to do ‘Everything Humanly Possible’ to Prevent Nuke Plant Closures, Manchin Says
The Joe Biden administration can’t achieve its “aggressive” climate goals without nuclear energy, the chairman of the Senate’s energy panel said during a Tuesday hearing. Speaking with Weapons Complex Morning Briefing during a break from the action at Tuesday’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Court Filing Breaks Down Details of Revolving Door Arrangement in First Energy Scandal
More details became public this week on FirstEnergy Corp.’s payments to Sam Randazzo, a lobbyist for the corporation who became chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, to nurture the company’s alleged scheming to get state subsidies for two struggling… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Lawsuit at Portsmouth Placed on Hold Until November
A federal suit brought by former security guards at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio along with other individuals alleging “racketeering” by contractors at the nuclear complex has been stayed for 120 days to give plaintiffs time to replace… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]