Vol. 5, No. 45

Budget & Policy

Senate Easily Confirms Menezes as Energy Dept. Deputy

The Senate overwhelmingly approved Mark Menezes as deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, despite opposition from some nuke-wary Democrats. The 79-16 vote elevates the current undersecretary of energy to the No. 2 position at the nuclear weapons, waste, and energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC Plans August Decision on International Isotopes Breaches in Cesium Release

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission aims by the end of August to decide on potential enforcement measures for apparent license and regulatory violations by International Isotopes that contributed to the release of cesium-137 last year at a hospital facility in Seattle. An… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Centrus Posts Second Consecutive Profitable Quarter, With HALEU Assist

    Uranium fuel broker and enrichment-technology developer Centrus Energy posted a profit in the second quarter, rounding out a profitable first half of 2020 in which a major enrichment demonstration contract with the Department of Energy helped stabilize revenue. Second-quarter… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Acquisitions, Payment Boost Leidos In Second Quarter

    Leidos on Tuesday posted higher sales and earnings in its second quarter, driven by two acquisitions earlier this year and a payment related to patent infringement, more than offsetting higher than expected negative impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Net… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Newhouse Takes Top Spot in Wash. State Primary

    Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) comfortably won over 50% of the vote in a Tuesday top-two primary for the congressional district covering the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. Newhouse received 50,599 of 89,274 votes in the 4th Congressional District primary,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Minuteman III Test Launch Featured Multiple RVs, Airborne Control Center

    Air Force and Navy service members aboard an airplane on Tuesday remotely launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile with three unarmed warheads from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

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