Vol. 8, No. 169
Cleanup & Remediation
GAO throws out Atkins-led protest of Hanford liquid-waste award; lawsuit over award continues
The Government Accountability Office on Dec. 21 dismissed an Atkins-led team’s protest of the $45-billion liquid waste cleanup contract the Department of Energy awarded in April to a BWX Technologies-led team. However, the BWX Technologies team, Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, is still blocked from taking over the cleanup because of a federal lawsuit […]
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Budget & Policy
Biden signs 2024 NDAA; cleanup almost flat; weapons up; no nuclear energy reforms
President Joe Biden (D) on Friday signed the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, setting a year’s worth of spending limits and policy for national security programs, including those at the Department of Energy. The law is separate from appropriations bills that provide money for federal agencies to spend. The Department of Energy, Nuclear […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Publication Notice
Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not publish on Wednesday Dec. 27 and Monday, Jan. 1, 2024 in observance of the New Year’s holidays.