Vol. 4, No. 306

National Laboratories

Sandia Director to Retire in December

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) confirmed Wednesday that Stephen Younger will retire as director of the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico effective Dec. 31, after two years managing the nation’s nuclear-weapon engineering laboratory. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Information Technology Showing its Age, DOE Says

    In an era when many people buy a new smartphone every couple years, the information technology (IT) network at the U.S. Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico is 20 years old and needs to be replaced. “If the site network infrastructure… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]

  • Budget & Policy

    GOP Candidate Files to Seek Congressional Seat Covering WIPP

    Claire Chase, government affairs director for a New Mexico oil and gas company, intends to seek the Republican nomination to represent the congressional district that covers the U.S. Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad. If successful… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Decommissioning

    NRC Decommissioning Guidance Outdated Amid New Business Model, IG Says

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s guidance on decommissioning of nuclear power plants has not kept up with an increasingly popular business model in the industry, the agency’s Inspector General’s Office said in a report this week. The “Audit of NRC’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Boston Government Services With Trinity on $49.5M DOE Contract

    Boston Government Services disclosed Tuesday it is partnering with Cincinnati-based Trinity Engineering Associates in the BTP Services joint venture that on July 31 won a potential $49.5 million technical support services contract from the Energy Department. Oak… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    Paul Ryan Joins SHINE Board

    Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is joining the board of directors for medical isotope manufacturers SHINE Medical Technologies. Ryan represented Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District for 20 years, until the beginning of this year. The district includes… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Corrections

    An article in the Aug. 22 Weapons Complex Morning Briefing provided incorrect shifts for plutonium downblending operations at the Savannah River Site. Current operations cover one 12-hour shift per day, seven days a week. A scale-up that could come in fiscal 2020… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]

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