Vol. 10, No. 16

Budget & Policy

Wright confirmed as secretary of energy, winning support of 59 senators

The Senate voted 59-to-38 Monday evening to confirm Chris Wright as the 17th secretary of energy. Wright is CEO and founder of Liberty Energy, a publicly-traded company that provides services and technology to the oil and natural gas industry. Wright’s confirmation was expected given he was not considered one of the more controversial picks so […]
  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Lockheed Martin wins $383M Trident II contract mod

    Lockheed Martin won a modification to a previously=awarded contract to work on advanced design and development for the Trident II Life Extension 2 Alteration, the Department of Defense said Friday. The cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to the existing contract for the sea-based leg of the nuclear triad was awarded on a sole source basis, according […]

  • International

    IAEA director general to visit Kyiv this week

    Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is visiting the Kyivska substation this week in his 11th visit to Ukraine since its war with Russia began. The visit to the substation and to the capital of Ukraine will begin Tuesday Feb. 4, according to the agency’s website. “I’m heading to Kyivska substation, […]

  • Budget & Policy

    With Connery departure, DNFSB slips to 2 members, loses quorum

    With the retirement of chair Joyce Connery on Friday, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) is down to two members and no longer has a quorum. The five-member panel with a mission to provide independent safety analysis and advice to the Department of Energy, now has only two members: Acting Chair Thomas Summers and […]

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