Vol. 6, No. 56 
Adams to be Nominated for Top NNSA HQ Weapons Job, Replacing Verdon
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford at 40% Telework With Return-to-Work a Month Away
With about a month to go before the Department of Energy planned return-to-work, about 60% of a 10,000-strong workforce at the Hanford Site in Washington state was on premises each day, site manager Brian Vance told the Hanford Advisory Board Wednesday. While the DOE on Dec. 3 rolled out a plan to get most federal […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Plutonium Finishing Plant Work Done; General Accord With Wash. State About Future Cleanup
The top federal manager at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site said Wednesday cleanup of the Plutonium Finishing Plant is basically finished, while a nuclear boss with the Washington Department of Ecology indicated there is a general agreement about future… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Nearly 95% of NRC Staff Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Nearly all staff members at the nation’s top nuclear power regulator have been vaccinated against COVID-19, a spokesperson said Wednesday. 2,684 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 2,836 employees, around 95%, are fully vaxxed as of Wednesday, an agency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Opinion, Frank Klotz, Former NNSA Administrator: False Narrative About NNSA Program Management Poisons Relationship With DOD
Editor’s note: the following was adapted from remarks delivered Wednesday by retired Air Force Gen. Frank Klotz, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) from 2014 to 2018, in a virtual forum organized by the Mitchell Institute… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]