Vol. 5, No. 63 COVID-19 Recoveries Outpaced New Confirmed Cases Last Week at NNSA
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Cleanup & Remediation
COVID-19 Cases Continue to Pop Up at Hanford, Savannah River
The Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina as of Friday confirmed a total of 406 cases of COVID-19 among its workforce. Of those, 308 workers have recovered and been cleared to return to work, according to the weekly online update from DOE’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Republican Former National Security Leaders Back Biden
Over 70 former Republican national security officials have endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president, calling Donald Trump “dangerously unfit to serve another term.” The group includes several former members of the Trump administration, such as Miles… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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National Laboratories
Report Finds Los Alamos Laboratory Worth $3B to New Mexico
A report from the University of New Mexico concludes the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in recent years was worth more than $3.1 billion to the state, although the economic benefit is concentrated in a few counties. A summary of the report… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Decommissioning
Preparations Underway for Removal of Large Components at SONGS
Decommissioning contractors for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are readying for removal of large components from the plant’s two reactors, according to an update last week. SONGS majority owner Southern California Edison (SCE) laid out its… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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National Laboratories
Peters Exiting as INL Director
Idaho National Laboratory Director Mark Peters is preparing to leave his current post after nearly five years to become executive vice president for laboratory operations at Battelle. Battelle Energy Alliance is the management and operations contractor for INL. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
U.K. Taking Input on Nuclear Decommissioning Strategy
Stakeholders in the United Kingdom have another 11 weeks to provide input on the latest version of the strategic plan for cleanup of nuclear sites managed by the government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The agency on Aug. 17 issued the fourth iteration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA to Name New Albuquerque Complex After Agency’s First Administrator
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will name its under-construction Albuquerque headquarters building after the late John Gordon, the former agency administrator who died early this year. Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the current administrator of the semiautonomous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Amentum Exec Dubbed ‘Leader to Watch’
The head of the nuclear and environment business unit for Maryland-based Amentum has been deemed a public sector “leader to watch” in the during 2020, by a website for executives. Mark Whitney, executive vice president and general manager for Amentum’s Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]