Vol. 7, No. 21

Decommissioning

DOE Also Weighing Changes to Evaluation of Portsmouth Decomm Bidders

The Department of Energy is tinkering with the way it will judge proposals for a potentially $5.87-billion Decontamination and Decommissioning Contract at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, according to a notice released Friday. The agency is considering the changes after last week’s virtual one-on-one meetings with potential bidders who responded to the draft solicitation, which […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    NNSA Adds New No. 2 for Information Systems

    Steven McAndrews is the National Nuclear Security Administration’s new deputy associate administrator for information management and deputy chief information officer, a senior agency official said. McAndrews on Monday become the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) second in command at the office that among other things handles the “operational, technical, and administrative functions in support of […]

  • Budget & Policy

    DNFSB Didn’t Get, or Need, COVID Funds to Keep Running in Fiscal 2021, Agency Says

    Unlike many other federal agencies, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board did not receive any supplemental funding during fiscal 2021 to ensure emergency operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a financial report released Monday. While the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) kept running without money from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security […]

  • National Laboratories

    Federal Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss Case by Oak Ridge Lab Workers

    Six employees at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory who refused COVID-19 vaccine are assured of their day in court after obtaining a right to sue from a federal agency, the judge in the case confirmed Monday. The six plaintiffs filed an amended complaint Jan. 4 against the University of Tennessee- Battelle partnership (UT-Battelle) operating the […]

  • Decommissioning

    Anti-Nuker Doubles Down on Demands for Character Hearing About Palisades Decom Co.

    An anti-nuclear group still wants the The Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold a public hearing on the recently-approved sale of a Michigan nuclear power plant, even though Holtec International effectively cut SNC-Lavalin, whose character was at the center of the anti-nuker’s demands, out of the decom job. But hearings are a matter for the commissioners […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    NNSA Helo Headed to Super Bowl, With Replacement Rotary Craft on Way

    The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nuclear Emergency Support team was scheduled to take one of its radiation-sniffing Bell 412 helicopters out for what figures to be one of the last pre-Super Bowl patrols before the fleet trades up to new models, the agency announced Monday. The pregame, daytime-only flights in the vicinity of Los Angeles’ […]

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